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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus racemosa var. pubens
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sambucus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sambucus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-06-002:
Sambucus pubens FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sambucus pubens
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_sapu11_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_360
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0505o_23
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0505o_26b
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm160503_178
May Haywood-Jackson Counties NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Bears its flowers in elongated, panicle-like inflorescences, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_07
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
The leaves have 5 to7 coarsely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm060710_197
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060710_199
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
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Ron Lance rwl1311_a
July
Fruits red, borne in elongated or racemose clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
COMPARE
fruit of Elderberry species
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JK Marlow jkm111008_791
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus racemosa var. pubens
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sambucus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-06-002:
Sambucus pubens
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sambucus pubens
1311
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests, especially typical on boulderfield, talus, and other rocky situations, primarily at high elevations in the Mountains, though sometimes descending in our area (mainly in VA and northward) to low elevations (as low as 75 m), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-11 leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 sepals, very small
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p082
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p275
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p127
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p125
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p320
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p214
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p268
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p310
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p05
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p313
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p318
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