Coast Red Elderberry, Pacific Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens
Synonyms: Sambucus callicarpa, Sambucus pubens, Sambucus pubens var. arborescens, Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
![Coast Red Elderberry, Pacific Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (Synonyms: Sambucus callicarpa, Sambucus pubens, Sambucus pubens var. arborescens, Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)](racemosa/racemosa05-05-2023.jpg)
Red elderberry in bloom along the Springwater Trail west of Boring, OR.....May 11, 2023.
![Coast Red Elderberry, Pacific Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (Synonyms: Sambucus callicarpa, Sambucus pubens, Sambucus pubens var. arborescens, Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)](../../../mtadams/5/honey/sambucus/racemosa/racemosa3a.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
and the compound pinnate leaves of red elderberry as seen next to a small stream along Cascade Creek just outside the Mt. Adams Wilderness........June 2, 2007.
![Coast Red Elderberry, Pacific Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (Synonyms: Sambucus callicarpa, Sambucus pubens, Sambucus pubens var. arborescens, Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)](racemosa/arborescens09-08-2023.jpg)
Red fruits of red elderberry as seen at the base of a talus slope along the Indian Heaven Trail #33 at the north end of Clear Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness......September 8, 2023.
![Red berries and opposite, pinnately compound leaves of Red Elderberry, Coast Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens (Synonyms: Sambucus callicarpa, Sambucus pubens, Sambucus pubens var. arborescens, Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens, Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens var. arborescens, Sambucus racemosa var. pubens, Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)](../../../../gorge/5petal/honey/sam/racemosa/racemosa9a.jpg)
The red berries of red elderberry as seen at the Sandy River Delta, western Columbia River Gorge........September 29, 2012.
Paul Slichter