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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Honeysuckles, Moschatels, and Allies
  6. Viburnums, Moschatels, and Elders
  7. Elders
  8. Sambucus nigra
  9. Blue Elder

species 42,288 observations

Blue Elder

Sambucus cerulea

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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83 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Elder Moth, Drasteria divergens, Drasteria ochracea, Elder Shoot Borer Moth 13
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Elderberry Gall Midge 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Cedar Waxwing, California Scrub-Jay, House Finch, Western Bluebird 43
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Western Wasp Fly, Variable Checkerspot, Anna's Hummingbird, Spotted Cucumber Beetle 26

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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