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Sambucus nigra L.

Black Elder

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Schwarzer Holunder
English Black Elder
Français Sureau noir
Italiano Sambuco comune
Suomi Schwarzer Holunder
Norsk Schwarzer Holunder
Čeština Schwarzer Holunder
Español Schwarzer Holunder
Svenska Schwarzer Holunder
Polski Schwarzer Holunder
Український Schwarzer Holunder
Român Schwarzer Holunder
Русский Schwarzer Holunder
Български Schwarzer Holunder
EESTI Schwarzer Holunder
日本語 Schwarzer Holunder
Other names

Origin

States and Territories Albania; Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Channel Isl.; Bulgaria; Corsica; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Denmark; Finland [I]; France; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Ireland; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Netherlands; Andorra; Spain; Hungary; Italy; San Marino; Serbia & Kosovo; Montenegro; Macedonia; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Portugal; Malta; Norway [I]; Poland; Romania; Sardinia; Sicily; Sweden [I]; Estonia [I]; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Crimea; Ukraine; Northern Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia [Caucasus]; Uzbekistan [I]; Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia); Greece (incl. Kiklades); Crete [I]; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); European Turkey; Iran (W-Iran); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Israel (N-Israel); Lebanon (C-Lebanon); Syria (NW-Syria); Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Pakistan [I]; Bangladesh [I]; USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Pennsylvania [I], Virginia [I]); Canada [I] (Ontario [I]); Tunisia [I]; Algeria [I]; Morocco [I]; Australia [I] (South Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); New Zealand [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]; China [I] (Jiangsu [I], Shandong [I], Shanghai [I]); Ecuador [I]; Argentina [I]; Chile [I]; Bolivia [I]
[I] = Introduced
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

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

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Black Elder

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Black Elder

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Black Elder

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

Black Elder

, Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Black Elder

, Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

Black Elder

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

Black Elder

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

Black Elder

, Flower , ©Lignum

Fruit

Black Elder

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson