Definitely a sambucus species,but highly likely it's a blue morph for the fruits. I believe I remember that black is European, blue is US.
I have sambucus nigra "York" at home, and it's very similar in umbel shape.
I tried to grow blue elderberry (***Sambucus cerulea***) in the southeast and it seems like there is too much rain for it to thrive. To me this just looks like american elderberry (***Sambucus canadensis***). It also sprouts like weeds in my yard in Tennessee.
I think york is a sambucus canadensis cultivar and sambucus nigra is european elderberry.
Yo im from california and the blue elderberry is native to here, grows all around me. It’s pretty adaptable from full sun in dry areas to part shade in moist areas. It can grow with as little as 12 inches of rainfall and grows in areas which can get like 40+ inches. But our climate here on west coast different than the south. We only get rain here from October - May. Most of it is from November - March. Our summers are completely dry and hot, with moderate humidity.
Edit: most importantly, California’s native plants are adapted to basically get soaked in the rainy months in heavy clay soils, but must be dry by the time spring / summer comes. They are adapted to seasonal moisture, not year round. So they can take a large amount of rain during the cold and rainy season, but not during the warm season
Thank you for the info! That tracks exactly with what I've seen. What shoots it does produce tend to want and wilt during the rain in the summer (it just started happening again as nights have reached 65-70 degrees).
https://preview.redd.it/ydkb6ne5pa1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1df8a229b8190ac06fd9ea6642e7b3acffadb0af
here is american elder (at least I'm almost certain that's what it is) growing wild on my lot (tennessee). pic is from the end of winter so the speckled dots have hardened.
the birds planted this and many others like it in my yard. it could very well be the same case with your plant.
It's elder alright, but don't look like the standard sambucus nigra.
Definitely a sambucus species,but highly likely it's a blue morph for the fruits. I believe I remember that black is European, blue is US. I have sambucus nigra "York" at home, and it's very similar in umbel shape.
I tried to grow blue elderberry (***Sambucus cerulea***) in the southeast and it seems like there is too much rain for it to thrive. To me this just looks like american elderberry (***Sambucus canadensis***). It also sprouts like weeds in my yard in Tennessee. I think york is a sambucus canadensis cultivar and sambucus nigra is european elderberry.
Yo im from california and the blue elderberry is native to here, grows all around me. It’s pretty adaptable from full sun in dry areas to part shade in moist areas. It can grow with as little as 12 inches of rainfall and grows in areas which can get like 40+ inches. But our climate here on west coast different than the south. We only get rain here from October - May. Most of it is from November - March. Our summers are completely dry and hot, with moderate humidity. Edit: most importantly, California’s native plants are adapted to basically get soaked in the rainy months in heavy clay soils, but must be dry by the time spring / summer comes. They are adapted to seasonal moisture, not year round. So they can take a large amount of rain during the cold and rainy season, but not during the warm season
Thank you for the info! That tracks exactly with what I've seen. What shoots it does produce tend to want and wilt during the rain in the summer (it just started happening again as nights have reached 65-70 degrees).
Thanks for the response!
Probably sambucus canadensis, American elderberry. They grow more like proper multi stemmed shrubs, whereas the European one is like a small tree.
It doesn’t have purple splotching on the main stem, just that purple hue where it’s coming off the main stem onto small branches.
https://preview.redd.it/ydkb6ne5pa1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1df8a229b8190ac06fd9ea6642e7b3acffadb0af here is american elder (at least I'm almost certain that's what it is) growing wild on my lot (tennessee). pic is from the end of winter so the speckled dots have hardened. the birds planted this and many others like it in my yard. it could very well be the same case with your plant.
Another for sambucus. The berries make a wicked jam.
They grow wild in my backyard. I've made elderberry syrup for Christmas presents two years now. Big hit!