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Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae native to most of Europe. Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry. It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny locations. The plant is widely grown as an ornamental shrub or small tree.
7 branches of this group, most-observed first

European black elderberry
speciesSambucus nigra

American black elderberry
speciesSambucus canadensis

blue elder
speciesSambucus cerulea

Blue Elderberry
speciesSambucus mexicana

Peruvian elder
speciesSambucus peruviana

Canary Islands elder
speciesSambucus palmensis

Madeira elder
speciesSambucus lanceolata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Sambucus nigra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1665961.
