Calflora Taxon Report
Sambucus racemosa  L.  var. microbotrys  (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles

(not an active name)

Mountain red elderberry, Red elderberry
photo on CalPhotos
2005 Steve Matson
Sambucus racemosa var. microbotrys is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Parent: Sambucus racemosa
Genus: Sambucus
Family: Viburnaceae  
(Caprifoliaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Toxicity: Do not eat the raw fruit of this plant.

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest

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Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSSambucus racemosa var. racemosa
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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