Question: Would you mind helping me ID the plant in the attached picture? I was hiking on a rustic trail in …
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Question
Would you mind helping me ID the plant in the attached picture? I was hiking on a rustic trail in the inner section of Cape Ann, Ma (close to Dogtown). This plant had two woody stems, one short upright and the4 foot stem pictured, was flopping over a rock. I think it resembles Sambucus. The environs were rocky moraine wetland. - Bruce
Answer
Dear brucepiper40, good morning. Your plant is Sambucus racemosa (red elderberry), a native shrub of New England. It is the first of our native elderberries to flower and will fruit earlier as well than the black elderberry.
