General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Fermented
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Flies

Image
Common names
  • Elderberry
  • Black Elder
  • European Elder
  • Bourtree

Photo Gallery
Location: Zucker Shrub Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 06/17/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: Botanical Garden of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Date: 05/31/2016
photo by Salicyna via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedi
Location: Zucker Shrub Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 06/17/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: Private collection

photo credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2016-05-10

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