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Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis
(L.)Bolli
Elderberry, American elder

Copyright by: Chuck McCartney

Family: Adoxaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: North America, Mexico and Central America; escaped from cultivation in the West Indies.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Synonyms: Sambucus canadensis.

Other data on Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis has been found in the following 82 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Arch Creek Addition	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Barley Barber Swamp	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Cypress Knee Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Holey Land Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
Ives Estate Park	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Kendalwood	Present	Native
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Ridge	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Oak Grove Park	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Rolling Oaks Park	Present	Native
Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Scrub Oak Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Warbler Wetland Natural Area	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Palm Beach County		Native