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Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
American black elderberry / common elderberry

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Family Name Adoxaceae / moschatel

Botanical Name Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

Common Names American black elderberry / common elderberry

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Nova Scotia west across southern Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota south through Nebraska to eastern Texas, east to Florida and up the entire Eastern Seaboard to New Brunswick.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests
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