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| Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa L | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae | ||||||
| Genus: | Sambucus | ||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Sambucus microbotrys Rydb. Sambucus pubens Michx. Sambucus pubens var. arborescens Torr. & Gray Sambucus callicarpa Greene Sambucus racemosa var. leucocarpa (Torr. & Gray) Cronq. Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens (Michx.) House Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens (Torr. & Gray) Gray Sambucus racemosa var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kaerney & Peebles Sambucus racemosa var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne |
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| Common Names: | red elderberry bunchberry elder red-berried elder |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||
| Canada: | British Columbia - western Alberta, east central Saskatchewan - Newfoundland | ||||||
| Saskatchewan: | east-central Saskatchewan; Wood Mountain - Pasquia Hills | ||||||
| Ecoregion: | Boreal Transition, Mid-Boreal Lowland, Mid-Boreal Upland | ||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||
| Saskatchewan: | semi-open deciduous or mixed woods | ||||||
| Associated Species: | American elm, boxelder, mountain maple, ostrich fern, paper birch | ||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 T4T5 S3 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Red elderberry is threatened in Saskatchewan because it is uncommon. This species is regionally restricted to two general regions of the province. Local population sizes vary. Possible threats, including fragile habitat and occurrences in areas of planned developments, have been identified. | |||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||
| Height: | 1 – 3 m | ||||||
| Stems: | shrub, often forming large clumps, brownish to reddish, with raised, corky areas, hairless to hairy | ||||||
| Leaves: | stipules a pair of glands or linear and 1 – 2 mm; blades opposite, stalked, pinnately compound | ||||||
| Leaflets: | 5, opposite; stalks hairy, grooved above; blades 3 – 17 cm long, 2 – 6 cm wide, oval to broadly elliptic, tip short to long tapered, base wedge-shaped to nearly rounded, may be uneven, margin toothed except at tip | ||||||
| Inflorescence: | terminal, densely flowered, branched, 4 – 10 cm long, 3 – 5 cm wide, well defined central axis | ||||||
| Flowers: | sepal lobes lacking; petals 3 – 6 mm wide, white to yellowish; stamens 5; stigmas 3 | ||||||
| Fruits: | 4 – 6 mm long, spherical, berry-like, reddish or orange, hairless; seeds ellipsoid, slightly flattened, wrinkled or bumpy, yellowish | ||||||
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