Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli
Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)
USDA Symbol: SANIC4USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (I), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Sambucus canadensis var. canadensis
American Elderberry
Caprifoliaceae
Location: E side Salado Creek, 20 m S of low water crossing from main base to Pershing Firing Range on Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Moist creek bank, some shade. A dense colony.
Description: Arborescent shrub to 3 m tall. Leaflets mostly 5, lanceolate, acuminate, oblique, serrate, rounded to cuneate basally; canescent beneath along the veins, otherwise glabrous. Cymes terminal, flat, dense; flowers white. Fruit puple-black, less than 5 mm dia.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 24. 1994
Specimen number: 615
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0901
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: SCFXB (In flower & fruit)