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Sambucus mexicana - blue elderberry

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Nursery and Seed Sources
Mendocino Anderson Valley Nursery  PROFILE 
Boonville 95415 wholesale, retail
Sonoma Appleton Forest Nursery  PROFILE 
Sebastopol 95472
San Francisco Bay Natives  PROFILE 
San Francisco 94114 mostly wholesale
Placer Bitterroot Restoration  PROFILE 
Lincoln 95648
Sacramento CNPS Sac Valley - American River Nursery  PROFILE 
Rancho Cordova periodic sales
Yolo Cache Creek Nursery  PROFILE 
Rumsey 95679
Tulare Cal Natives Nursery  PROFILE 
Porterville 93257
Sonoma California Flora Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Fulton 95439
Santa Clara Capital Wholesale Nursery  PROFILE 
San Jose 95148
Santa Cruz Central Coast Wilds • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Santa Cruz 95060 county of origin
Sonoma Circuit Rider Productions, Inc.  PROFILE 
Windsor, 95492
Sacramento Cornflower Farms • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Elk Grove 95759 wholesale, retail
Alameda East Bay Wilds  PROFILE 
Castro Valley 94546 Photographs
Los Angeles El Nativo Growers  PROFILE 
Azusa 91702
Monterey Elkhorn Native Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Moss Landing 95039
Butte Floral Native Nursery  PROFILE 
Chico 95973 wholesale, retail
Humboldt Freshwater Farms  PROFILE 
Eureka 95503
Alameda Friends of Sausal Creek Nursery  PROFILE 
Oakland 94602 plant sale May 6
Contra Costa Garden Natives  PROFILE 
Martinez 94553 Retail, Wholesale
Lake Growing Natives  PROFILE 
Middletown 95461
Santa Barbara Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute  PROFILE 
Santa Barbara 93130 seeds, wholesale, source ...
Sacramento Hartland Nursery  PROFILE 
Walnut Grove 95690
Placer High Ranch Nursery Inc.  PROFILE 
Loomis, 95650 source identified
Fresno Intermountain Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Prather 93651 wholesale, retail
Santa Barbara Manzanita Nursery  PROFILE 
Solvang 93464
Ventura Matilija Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Moorpark 93021
Riverside Misty Meadows Landscape Nursery  PROFILE 
Banning 92220
Riverside Mockingbird Nurseries  PROFILE 
Riverside 92504
San Diego Moosa Creek Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Valley Center 92082 wholesale
Solano Morning Sun Herb Farm  PROFILE 
Vacaville 95688
Marin Mostly Natives Nursery  PROFILE 
Tomales 94971
Orange Native Grow Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92675 wholesale, contract
Contra Costa Native Here Nursery  PROFILE 
Berkeley 94708 Retail, plants native to Alameda...
San Luis Obispo Native Sons  PROFILE 
Arroyo Grande 93420
Los Angeles Natural Landscapes  PROFILE 
Rancho Palos Verdes 90275
Ventura Nopalito Native Plant Nursery  PROFILE 
Ventura 93003 Retail nursery with a foc...
Alameda Oaktown Native Plant Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Alameda 94501 retail,wholesale,contract
Alameda Pacific Coast Seed  PROFILE 
Livermore 94551 wholesale seeds
Monterey Rana Creek Restoration  PROFILE 
Carmel Valley 93924
Los Angeles Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Nursery  PROFILE 
Claremont 91711 periodic sales
San Diego Recon Native Plants Inc. • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
San Diego 92154 wholesale
Placer Restoration Resources  PROFILE 
Rocklin 95765
Santa Barbara S&S Seeds  PROFILE 
Carpinteria 93014 seeds
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Barbara 93105
San Diego Sherman Nursery  PROFILE 
San Marcos 92069 Wholesale Nursery
Plumas Sierra Seed Supply  PROFILE 
Greenville 95947 seeds
Los Angeles Stover Seed Company  PROFILE 
Los Angeles 90021 seeds
Los Angeles Tarweed Native Plants  PROFILE 
Los Angeles 90027
Contra Costa The Watershed Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Richmond 94804 Contract growing for habitat restoration.
Los Angeles Theodore Payne Foundation • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Sun Valley 91352
San Diego Tom Piergrossi Landscape • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Vista 92084
Orange Tree of Life Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92693 wholesale, contract
Shasta Upcountry Gardens  PROFILE 
Shingletown 96088
San Mateo Yerba Buena Nursery • 7/11/2010  PROFILE 
Woodside 94062
Outside California:
Desert Survivors Native Plant Nursery  PROFILE 
Tucson AZ 85713
Flagstaff Native Plant and Seed  PROFILE 
Flagstaff AZ
Joy Creek Nursery  PROFILE 
Scappoose, OR 97056
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Other
Monterey Elkhorn Slough Foundation  PROFILE 
Elkhorn Slough restoration planting guide
Los Angeles Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden  PROFILE 
Claremont 91711
Sacramento Sacramento Storm Water Partnership  PROFILE 
Sacramento 95822 river-friendly landscaping
Siskiyou The Shasta Wildflowers Project  PROFILE 
Mount Shasta, CA 96067
Santa Cruz UCSC Arboretum  PROFILE 
Santa Cruz Native Plant Selection
Ventura californiagardens.com  PROFILE 
Ojai 93023
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Calflora Database USDA PLANTS Google
CalPhotos 1993 Jepson Manual Google Image
Sambucus mexicana Lifeform:
Tree, Shrub
Family:
Caprifoliaceae
Elevation:
0 - 10000 feet
Wetland:
unlikely (FACU)
  Toxicity:
Major (ripe fruit is nontoxic)
© 2004 George W. Hartwell
What plants grow with Sambucus mexicana ?
Horticulture
Sonoma California Flora Nursery  PROFILE 
Fulton 95439 butterfly gardening
Sonoma California Flora Nursery  PROFILE 
Fulton 95439 plant description
San Luis Obispo Las Pilitas Native Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Margarita 93453
Marin Mostly Natives Nursery  PROFILE 
Tomales 94971
Native Plant Network  PROFILE 
Moscow, ID propagation protocols
Los Angeles The Plant Profiler  PROFILE 
Los Angeles, 90012
Orange Tree of Life Nursery  PROFILE 
San Juan Capistrano 92693
Ventura Ventura Co Planning Division  PROFILE 
Ventura 93009 Guide to Streamside Plants

Cultivars:
Sambucus nigra 'Aurea'
Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty'
Sambucus nigra 'Laciniata'
Sambucus nigra 'Madonna'
Sambucus nigra 'Marginata'
Sambucus nigra 'Purpurea'

New Names:
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

Plant Communities:
Yellow Pine Forest
Red Fir Forest
Lodgepole Forest
Subalpine Forest
Southern Oak Woodland
Foothill Woodland
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Synonyms:
Sambucus caerulea
Sambucus velutina

Distribution

Counties:
Alameda
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Contra Costa
Colusa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Glenn
Humboldt
Inyo
Kern
Lake
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Mendocino
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Modoc
Mariposa
Marin
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
Santa Barbara
San Bernardino
San Benito
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
San Diego
San Francisco
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba

Jepson Bioregions:
Desert Mountains
Warner Mountains
North Coast
Klamath Ranges
North Coast Ranges
Cascade Range Foothills
High Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada Foothills
High Sierra Nevada
Tehachapi Mtns
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin
Central Coast
SF Bay
South Coast Ranges
South Coast
Channel Islands
Transverse Ranges
Peninsular Ranges
Modoc Plateau
Sierra Nevada East
Mojave Desert