Overview
Selected for its larger, more numerous fruits, this selection is often planted by gardeners interested in the edible fruit. It is otherwise similar to the species.
Description
Physical Description
ID Features: Usually no terminal bud. Brown and small lateral buds.
Habit: A multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a broad and rounded crown and arching branches.
Flowers: White flowers. Blooms in July. Borne in cymes, 6" to 10 " across. Showy.
Seeds: Fruit: Purplish-black fruit. Drupe. Matures in September. Edible.
Foliage: Summer foliage: Opposite leaf arrangement . Odd-pinnately, compound leaves. 5 to 11 leaflets , usually 7. 2" to 6" long. Sharply serrated . Lobed . Dark green leaf color. • Fall foliage: Yellowish-green fall color. Not ornamentally important.
Landscaping
Landscape Uses: Naturalized effect. Bogs . For fruit. • Liabilities: Powdery mildew . Leaf spot.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Transplants easily. Prefers moist soil. PH adaptable.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Cornidae
()
- Frohne & Jensen Ex Reveal, 1994
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Adoxales
()
- Nakai, 1949
- Family:
Sambucaceae
()
- Batsch Ex Borckhausen, 1797
- Genus:
Sambucus
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
canadensis
- Linnaeus
- Cultivar:
Adams
- Botanical name: - Sambucus canadensis 'Adams'
- Cultivar:
Adams
- Specific epithet:
canadensis
- Linnaeus
- Genus:
Sambucus
(
- Family:
Sambucaceae
(
- Order:
Adoxales
(
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
- Subclass:
Cornidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sambucus
There are approximately 386 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. acuminata · S. adnata · S. africana · S. alba · S. alba 'Variegata' · S. angustifolia · S. arborescens · S. argyi · S. arisanensis · S. aurea · S. australasica · S. australis · S. barbinervis · S. bashkirica · S. bipinnata · S. borealis · S. caerulea (Blue Elderberry) · S. caerulea f. fimbriata · S. caerulea f. semperflorens · S. caerulea f. trifida · S. caerulea f. vestita · S. caerulea var. caerulea · S. caerulea var. glauca · S. caerulea var. mexicana · S. caerulea var. neomexicana · S. caerulea var. velutina · S. californica · S. canadense · S. canadensis 'Adams' · S. canadensis 'York' · S. canadensis canadensis · S. canadensis f. atroflavula · S. canadensis f. aurea · S. canadensis f. engelmannii · S. canadensis f. repens · S. canadensis f. rosicalyx · S. canadensis f. rubra · S. canadensis L. 'Chlorocarpa' · S. canadensis L. 'Maxima' · S. canadensis laciniata (American Elder) · S. canadensis subsp. laciniata · S. canadensis var. aurea · S. canadensis var. canadensis (American Elder) · S. canadensis var. delicatissima · S. canadensis var. mexicana · S. canadensis var. oreopola · S. canadensis var. rubella · S. canadensis var. tarda · S. cerulea var. cerulea · S. chinensis · S. chinensis var. formosana · S. cochinchinensis · S. coerulea · S. coerulea var. arizonica · S. coerulea var. glauca · S. coerulea var. velutina · S. columnaris · S. coreana · S. coriacea · S. decipiens · S. dimidiata · S. dissecta · S. eberhardtii · S. ebuloides · S. ebulus (Dwarf Elder) · S. ebulus africana · S. ebulus f. laciniata · S. ebulus f. xerophila · S. ebulus subsp. africana · S. ebulus var. citrina · S. ebulus var. deborensis · S. ebulus var. incarnata · S. ebulus var. viridis · S. elegans · S. ferax · S. fimbriata · S. floribunda · S. florida · S. foetidissima · S. fontenayi · S. fontenaysii · S. formosana · S. gaudichaudiana (White Elderberry) · S. gautschii · S. glabrescens · S. glauca 'Oriental Beauty' · S. glauca var. neo-mexicana · S. glauca var. velutina · S. graveolens · S. henriana · S. herbacea · S. hirta · S. hookeri · S. humilis · S. hybrid · S. integerrima · S. intermedia · S. intermedia var. insularis · S. intermedia var. neomexicana · S. intermedia var. trifoliata
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 712789
