| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus canadensis | Common Elderberry | Bottomland and riparian forests, streambanks, thickets, marshes, swamps, seeps, spring runs, mesic upland forests, pond margins, pastures, fencerows, other disturbed areas. | NS west to MB, south to s. FL, TX; montane Mexico and Central America; West Indies. |  |
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus ebulus | Dwarf Elderberry, Danewort | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus nigra | European Elder | Disturbed areas, uncommonly cultivated. | Native of Europe. Reported for Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, VA by Fernald (1941). |  |
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus racemosa var. pubens | Eastern Red Elderberry | Spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests, especially typical on boulderfield, talus, and other rocky situations, primarily at high elevations in the Mountains, though sometimes descending in our area (mainly in VA and northward) to low elevations (as low as 75 m). | S. racemosa var. pubens ranges from NL (Newfoundland) west to BC (?), south to PA, IN, IL, and in the mountains to w. NC, e. TN, and ne. GA (Jones & Coile 1988). |  |
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