Plants Profile for Sambucus nigra cerulea (blue elderberry)

General Information
Symbol:	SANIC5
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Other Common Names:	blue elder
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, AZ, Flagstaff, Arboretum. July 14, 2001. Usage Requirements.

Charles A. Wellner. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, ID. 1940. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

C.A. Kupfer. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, CA, Santa Clara Co. 1913. Usage Requirements.

©M. Kat Anderson. Provided by USDA NRCS National Plants Data Team (NPDT). Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Placer Co. 2000. Usage Requirements.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, DNR quarry. August 8, 2004. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. June 28, 2005. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
SACAN4	Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. neomexicana (Wooton) Rehder, orth. var.
SACAV	Sambucus caerulea Raf. var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwerin, orth. var.
SACA52	Sambucus caerulea Raf., orth. var.
SACE3	Sambucus cerulea Raf.
SACEN	Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. neomexicana (Wooton) Rehder
SACEV	Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwerin
SAGL14	Sambucus glauca Nutt.
SAMEC3	Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. ssp. caerulea (Raf.) A.E. Murray, orth. var.
SAMEC	Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. ssp. cerulea (Raf.) A.E. Murray
SAMEC4	Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. var. caerulea (Raf.) A.E. Murray, orth. var.
SAMEC2	Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. var. cerulea (Raf.) A.E. Murray
SANE2	Sambucus neomexicana Wooton
SANEV	Sambucus neomexicana Wooton var. vestita (Wooton & Standl.) Kearney & Peebles
SANIC6	Sambucus nigra L. ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli, orth. var.	blue elder blue elderberry
SAVE3	Sambucus velutina Durand & Hilg.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Sambucus L. – elderberry
Species	Sambucus nigra L. – black elderberry
Subspecies	Sambucus nigra L. ssp. cerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli – blue elderberry

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Wetland Status

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