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Title: elderberry or not
Post by: yukon cornelius on August 11, 2014, 10:34:16 PM

so we are trying to get our little homesteading adventure up and going identifying all we have and obtaining all we can. today while checking out a fishing spot near us I found this tree/bush nearby. I plucked a limb for id purposes. it shows many characteristics of elderberry but lacks a couple.

first, a woody stalk unlike water hemlock. the bark however lacked the bumpy bark as what I had recently seen.

second, opposing leaves bright on one side lighter on the other. veins that terminate at the end of the leaf. smooth leaf edge rather than jagged edge as described.

berries that are in an umbrella pattern as I have seen.

any ideas?

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Title: Re: elderberry or not
Post by: ESFted on August 12, 2014, 07:52:43 PM

With that opposite branching, looks like one of the dogwoods to me.

Title: Re: elderberry or not
Post by: WDH on August 12, 2014, 08:32:58 PM

I believe that it is roughleaf dogwood.

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=852

Title: Re: elderberry or not
Post by: yukon cornelius on August 12, 2014, 09:09:44 PM

the looks just like it. I bet that's it. I have some elderberries lined up from a guy I get logs from but I hoped to find more. thanks again!!

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