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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Honeysuckles, Moschatels, and Allies
  6. Viburnums, Moschatels, and Elders
  7. Elders

genus

Elders

Sambucus

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sambucus nigra 3 native
  • Red-berried Elder native
  • Dwarf Elder
  • Chinese Elder present
  • Siberian Elder
  • White Elderberry
  • North China Red Elder
  • Southern Elder present
  • Native Elderberry
  • Kamchatka Elder present
  • Japanese Red Elder
  • East Himalayan Elder

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native elders All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • American Black Elderberry Sambucus canadensis caterpillars 29 hosts 1 food 52 flowers 95
  • Red-berried Elder Sambucus racemosa caterpillars 20 food 45 flowers 25
  • Blue Elder Sambucus cerulea caterpillars 13 hosts 1 food 43 flowers 26
  • Blue Elderberry Sambucus mexicana hosts 1 flowers 4

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