Sambucus Nigra Ssp. Canadensis

Scientific Name: Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

Common Name: American black elderberry

Symbol: SANIC4

Category: Dicot

Genus: Sambucus

Family: Caprifoliaceae

Family Common Name: Honeysuckle family

Order: Dipsacales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Tree, Shrub

Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (I), CAN (N)

Flower Color: White

Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Foliage Color: Green

Foliage Texture: Medium

Fruit Color: Blue

Edible: yes

Elderberry

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Scientific Name: Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

Common Name(s): Elderberry

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: fruit

Ted 30 Jan, 2010	Although edible the ripe berries have a unpleasent tatse and odor, this is removed by thoughly dring them. Once rehydrated in boiling water they are good for muffins,pie fillings and the like. Good source of vitamin C raw or cooked.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Description: Elderberry is a many-stemmed shrub with opposite, compound leaves. It grows to a height of 6 meters. Its flowers are fragrant, white, and borne in large flat-topped clusters up to 30 centimeters across. Its berrylike fruits are dark blue or black when ripe.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: This plant is found in open, usually wet areas at the margins of marshes, rivers, ditches, and lakes. It grows throughout much of the eastern United States of America and Canada.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: The flowers and fruits are edible. You can make a drink by soaking the flower heads for 8 hours, discarding the flowers, and drinking the liquid.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	CAUTION All other parts of the plant are poisonous and dangerous if eaten.
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