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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: | Acer negundo, Acer spicatum, Betula papyrifera, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ulmus americana | ||||||
| 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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| Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa 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 a 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 lenticels, glabrous to pubescent | ||||||
| Leaves: | stipules a pair of glandular appendages or linear and 1 – 2 mm long; blades opposite, petiolate, pinnately compound | ||||||
| Leaflets: | 5, opposite; petioles pubescent, grooved above; blades 3 – 17 cm long, 2 – 6 cm wide, ovate to broadly elliptic, apex acute to attenuate, base cuneate to nearly rounded, may be oblique, margin serrate except at apex | ||||||
| Inflorescence: | panicle terminal on ends of branches, densely flowered, 4 – 10 cm long, 3 – 5 cm wide, well defined central axis | ||||||
| Flowers: | calyx lobes lacking; corolla 3 – 6 mm wide, white to yellowish; stamens 5; stigmas 3 | ||||||
| Fruits: | drupe 4 – 6 mm long, globose, berry-like, reddish or orange, glabrous; nutlets ellipsoid, slightly flattened, rugose or pebbly, yellowish | ||||||
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