. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. 2. Shrub 2 to 6 feet high; flower clusters 1/2 to 2 inches broad; Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Mountains from 6,000 to 11,800 feet elevation red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) 2. Tall shrub or small tree 8 to 20 feet tall; flower clus- ters 2 to 5 inches broad; outer Coast Ranges from San Mateo County to Del Norte County, eastward to Sis- kiyou County, at low elevations coast red elderberry (Sambucus callicarpa) 3. Leaflets usually smooth BLUE ELDERBERRY (Sambucus caerulea) 3. Leaflets usually soft
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. 2. Shrub 2 to 6 feet high; flower clusters 1/2 to 2 inches broad; Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Mountains from 6,000 to 11,800 feet elevation red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) 2. Tall shrub or small tree 8 to 20 feet tall; flower clus- ters 2 to 5 inches broad; outer Coast Ranges from San Mateo County to Del Norte County, eastward to Sis- kiyou County, at low elevations coast red elderberry (Sambucus callicarpa) 3. Leaflets usually smooth BLUE ELDERBERRY (Sambucus caerulea) 3. Leaflets usually soft-hairy or somewhat coarsely hairy HAIRY BLUE ELDERBERRY (Sambucus caerulea var. velutina) blue elderberry (Sambucus caerulea) (drawing on this page). Many-stemmed shrub, or occasionally a small tree, 4 to 10, and occasionally up to 30 feet high, with smooth or softly hairy branches and branchlets. Leaves 5 to 8 inches long, with 5 to 9 narrowly oblong or ovate- lanceolate, to nearly round leaflets, 1 to 6 inches long, M inch to 2 inches wide, usually smooth but vary to soft hairy; margins sharply toothed. Flowers numerous, white or cream color, in flat topped clusters 2 to 8 inches wide; April to August. Fruit blue to nearly black, about }i inch wide, usually covered with a whitish bloom; ripen during August to October. Distribution (map on this page). This widely distrib- uted species occupies moist places in open woods, can- vons or flats, and stream banks from sea level to about Distribution of blue elderberry (Sambucus caerulea) and red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa). • Sambucus caerulea a Sambucus racemosa. Part II. Appraisal of Browse Species 133. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sampson, Arthur W. (Arthur William), 1884-1967; Jespersen, Beryl S. [Berkeley] : University of California,
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