| Scientific Name: | Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens |
| Common Name: | coastal red elderberry |
| Family Name: | Viburnaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Reclamation, Tall background, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Lanceolate, Serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Red, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, serrated, pinnately compound with 7 leaflets, most lanceolate, 12-15cm long x 3-4cm wide; med-green to yellow fall colour. Winter ID: vertical lenticels; rounded red terminal inflorescence buds; lateral leaf buds opposite, ovoid. | |