Sambucus_racemosa_subsp._pubens

<i>Sambucus pubens</i>

Sambucus pubens

Species of flowering plant

Sambucus pubens, the American red elder, is a species of elder (Sambucus) native to eastern North America.[2] The inflorescence is a rounded panicle, making the plant easy to distinguish from the more common S. canadensis, which has a more open, flattened corymb. Some authors have considered S. pubens to be conspecific with S. racemosa L.

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Uses

Common name is "red-berried elder" or "red elderberry". The red berries are an important food source for many birds. They have a bitter taste and can cause digestive problems if eaten in large quantities by humans.[3]

Sambucus pubens habit

References

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  1. [1]
    "Sambucus pubens". The Plant List.
  2. [2]
    Michaux (1803). Flora Borealis-Americana. Vol. 1. p. 181.[full citation needed]
  3. [3]
    Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers (Eastern Region ed.). Knopf. p. 448. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.


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