PLANTS Profile for Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa (Rocky Mountain elder)

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PLANTS Profile

Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn
Rocky Mountain elder

Symbol:

SARAM4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caprifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, Bench Lake. August 8, 2004. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

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Synonyms:
Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

SAME4

Sambucus melanocarpa A. Gray

Distribution:
Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

View 11 genera in Caprifoliaceae, 5 species in Sambucus, 5 subspecies and varieties in Sambucus racemosa L.

Classification:
Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Sambucus L. – elderberry
Species	Sambucus racemosa L. – red elderberry
Variety	Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn – Rocky Mountain elder

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

Sambucus melanocarpa:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACW

FACW*

FACU-

FACU

Sambucus racemosa:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACU+

FACU

FACU+

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531320.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 08:45 AM CDT