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Sambucus canadensis



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Sambucus canadensis
Common elderberry

Distinctly crooked and angled, the stout gray stems have numerous decurrent ridges providing the angled appearance. The stems have large "V"-shaped leaf scars, large diameter white pith and are heavily dotted with raised tan lenticels.

 
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