{"id":242,"date":"2022-01-25T18:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandtrees.net\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2022-12-05T22:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T22:36:41","slug":"common-elderberrysambucus-nigra-ssp-canadensis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newenglandtrees.net\/?page_id=242","title":{"rendered":"Common Elderberry
Sambucus nigra <\/em>ssp. canadensis<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plant Family: <\/strong>Adoxaceae
Growth Form: <\/strong>Shrub to small tree up to 4 meters high, often forming tall thickets.
Leaves:<\/strong> Opposite, usually once-compound, sometimes twice-compound, with 5 \u2013 9 elliptic, toothed leaflets.
Bark:<\/strong> Brown to gray, with knobby white lenticels on younger branches, furrowed on older trunks, pith of stems is white.
Flowers:<\/strong> White, with 5 petals, individually small, but held in large rounded or flat-topped, showy clusters at the branch ends; June to July.
Fruits:<\/strong> Purple-black drupes in heavy clusters; August into September.
Habitat: <\/strong>Along streams, damp wood edges, and other lowland habitats.
Range:<\/strong> Common throughout New England and all of the eastern United States and Canada west to the Great Plains.
Similar Species:<\/strong> Red Elderberry<\/a> has conical flower clusters, red fruits, and the pith of the stems is brown.
Comments: <\/strong>The fruits of Elderberry are an important food source for many birds and small mammals, and they are harvested to make jams and wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n