Sambucus nigra

Experiments by Nichols (1934) suggest that seed germination increases with moist stratification.

Animals that eat its fruit: Eastern bluebird, Indigo bunting, Cardinal, Catbird, Yellow-breasted chat, Common house finch, Red-shafted flicker, Ash-throated flycatcher, Black-headed grosbeak, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Stellar jay, Eastern kingbird, Mockingb

Found in moist soils along fence rows, streams, and other low places in Louisiana, east, and central Texas. The vegetative parts of elderberry are poisonous and when dried can be used as an insecticide. The fruit can be eaten raw but has a strong taste,

Fruits used to make wine, jelly, pies, etc. The flower clusters are sometimes dipped in batter and fried. The stems are hollowed to make toys and tubes for blowing fires to rekindle coals or to control burns to hollow our wooden vessels and boats.