Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_sambucus_canadensis
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
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About American Elderberry
A spreading, multistemmed shrub with opposite pinnate leaves, usually seven sharply serrate pointed leaflets. Broad, flat-topped to rounded clusters carry many small creamy-white flowers. Large drooping clusters of rounded purplish-black drupes follow. Gray-brown young branches bear scattered lenticels. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Sambucus canadensis
- Common names
- American elderberry
- Other names
- Sambucus canadensis · American elderberry
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. North American flowering seasons and animal associations are not treated as Kauaʻi observations. Preserve the current WCVP family placement.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; shrub or tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A spreading, multistemmed shrub with opposite pinnate leaves, usually seven sharply serrate pointed leaflets. Broad, flat-topped to rounded clusters carry many small creamy-white flowers. Large drooping clusters of rounded purplish-black drupes follow. Gray-brown young branches bear scattered lenticels. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.