Tree Information
Common Name: American elderberry
Scientific Name: Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (syn. Sambucus canadensis)
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2198
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 26 in.
Height: 22 ft.
Crown: 20 ft.
Points: 53
Date Last Measured: 2013
Last Measured by: Carmean, Williamson, Logan
Date First Measured: 2012
Comments: Reported by Charles Gardner in early 2019 to have died back to ground-level sprouts.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Williamsburg
Land Owner: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
GPS Coordinates: 37.27089, -76.70277
Directions: Colonial Williamsburg, south side of Kuke of Gloucester St., across from Bruton Parish Church in the nursery sales area.
Owner Address: PO Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Owner Phone: 757-565-8695
Contact Information
Contact Name: Don McKelvey, Garden Historian
Contact Address: PO Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact Phone: 757-565-8695
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron & Jean Carmean, Gary Williamson, Logan
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