- MarcP2
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- Location: S.E. Michigan near Ohio border
Wild Bush with berries S.E. MI z5
I thought this was an elderberry but looking at other photos, I'm not so sure. Some seem to have hairy stems and I don't see that on mine--at least not in the picture. Any thoughts?
- Gary350
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There must be different varieties of elderberries. Some get ripe mid August others get ripe mid Sept. The elderberry I find along the roads where I live get ripe in Aug. Elderberries I find 85 miles east of here get ripe in Sept. I don't recall if plants look different. Your berries look like elderberries. Elevation 85 miles east of here is 1500 ft higher and weather is 5 to 10 degrees colder year round I wonder if that has something to do with when elderberries get ripe later in that location.
Last edited by Gary350 on Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:53 am, edited 2 times in total.
Marc, do you know what color the berries are when mature?
Black, blue-black, or dark purplish, and that definitely points to elderberry. Some other color, and, well, it still could be elderberry, but not the really common black elderberry you usually run across.
If I recall correctly, elderberry flowers are pretty distinctive. So if there are any on the plant you could compare to a web photo, that might confirm it for you as well.
Black, blue-black, or dark purplish, and that definitely points to elderberry. Some other color, and, well, it still could be elderberry, but not the really common black elderberry you usually run across.
If I recall correctly, elderberry flowers are pretty distinctive. So if there are any on the plant you could compare to a web photo, that might confirm it for you as well.