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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus racemosa var. pubens   FAMILY Viburnaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_sapu11_001_lvd

        

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

JK Marlow    jkm140418_360

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

JK Marlow    jkm0505o_23

May    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

JK Marlow    jkm0505o_26b

May    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

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).

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

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).

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

JK Marlow    jkm060710_197

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

JK Marlow    jkm060710_199

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

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).


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image of Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder

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

 

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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

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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

 

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