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American Black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis L.)

Also known as canada elderberry, common elderberry; also classified as Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli, Sambucus nigra var. canadensis (L.) B.L.Turner.

Many authorities, including BONAP and USDA PLANTS, following the treatment of Bolli (1994), view this taxon as either a subspecies or variety of the European black elderberry (Sambucus nigra). We follow the treatment of FNA and FSUS, treating this as a separate species.

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Native
Native or Not Present
Native or Expanded
Native or Expanded or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.

This species is also native to Canada and Mexico; we have yet to build these portions of its map.

↑Notes

We prefer the term "American Black Elderberry" over "Canadian elderberry" as this species has a wide range in North America, and Canada represents only a small portion of its range, near its northernmost limits, and its range extends south into Mexico.

• American black elderberry | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)

• American black elderberry | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)

• Sambucus canadensis | Missouri Plants (About This Site)

• Black Elderberry | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)

• Sambucus canadensis L. var. canadensis (Common Elderberry) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)

• Sambucus canadensis L. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)

• Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - Black Elder | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)

• Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli (American black elderberry) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)

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