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Sambucus canadensis L.

American black elderberry; Canada elderberry; common elderberry

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Kanadischer Holunder
English American black elderberry; Canada elderberry; common elderberry
Français Sureau du Canada
Italiano Kanadischer Holunder
Suomi Kanadischer Holunder
Norsk Kanadischer Holunder
Čeština Kanadischer Holunder
Español Sauco de Canada
Svenska Kanadischer Holunder
Polski Kanadischer Holunder
Український Kanadischer Holunder
Român Kanadischer Holunder
Русский Kanadischer Holunder
Български Kanadischer Holunder
EESTI Kanadischer Holunder
日本語 Kanadischer Holunder
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Hough

Origin

States and Territories USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming); Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Puerto Rico [I]; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Barbados [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Tortola [I]); Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama; Jamaica [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Bolivia [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Cameroon [I]; Rwanda [I]; Burundi [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Java [I]; Laos [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I]; Thailand [I]; Philippines [c]; Vietnam [c]; Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I], Jaluit [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Agrihan [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I])
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Dipsacales
Family Viburnaceae
Genus Sambucus
Species canadensis
Author citation L.
Scientific name Sambucus canadensis L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

American black elderberry;  Canada elderberry;  common elderberry

Hough

Leaves

American black elderberry;  Canada elderberry;  common elderberry

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

American black elderberry;  Canada elderberry;  common elderberry

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

American black elderberry;  Canada elderberry;  common elderberry

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson