North Carolina Wildflowers

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Adoxaceae > Sambucus (elderberry)
	Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006 Common and widespread in NC, Common Elderberry grows in a variety of wet/moist soils, especially disturbed areas.
	Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006

	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. pubens) Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 Uncommon in the mountains in NC, the inflorescence is cone-shaped rather than flat-topped as in Common Elderberry.
	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. pubens) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 Mature fruits are red .
	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. pubens) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006

	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) Clallam Co., WA 8 May 2011 This variety of Red Elderberry grows in the western and northern US but not in NC.
	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) Clallam Co., WA 8 May 2011
	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) Clallam Co., WA 8 May 2011
	Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) Clallam Co., WA 8 May 2011

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.