Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Red Elderberry (Red Elder)

Sambucus racemosa - Scrub or small tree with smooth, dark reddish brown bark. Leaves deciduous, with 5-7 leaflets, each 2-6 in. long, lance-shaped, with pointed tip, with small sharp teeth, dark green, hairless on top, lighter on underside with small hairs. Flower small, dense in a broad oval cyme, 5 cream petals. Berries red with white wax. Grows in moist places below alpine. Native.