Family Index

Scientific Name

Sambucus gaudichaudiana

Family Name

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Common Name

Native Elder Berry

Status

Height

1.0m - 2.0m (100-200cm)

Flowers

White, cup-shaped with a short tube and 4 spreading lobes about 10mm across.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Woody plant with annual branches arising from perennial rootstock.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Alluvial flats and gullies

Habitat Notes

Local in gullies and on alluvial flats in the north of the state and on King Island.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit an almost translucent drupe, 3mm long with 3-4 stones. clusters of drupes turn from green to white or yellow when ripe.collect in plastic bags, flesh does not need to be cleaned off, just sieve clean and dry well

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Remove flesh from the fruit as above.Sow fresh seed which will germinate in Autumn.Seed germinates quickly and does not require treament.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

Also propagated from cuttings.