Sambucus nigra¬ŻL. ssp. canadensis
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis |
| Common name: | American black elderberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Growth type: | tree/shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 5 - 10' |
| Foliage: | 5-11 leaflets, egg shaped, sharply toothed |
| Flower: | white flowers in cluster |
| Flowering time: | spring and summer |
| Habitat: | moist, open, rich, low ground of watersides, woods edges, roadsides(Hough) |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide but only intrusive into the Pine Barrens along the larger streams |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | fruit berrylike and juicy; used for jelly and wine |