Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Sambucus canadensis L., Sambucus canadensis L. var. laciniata Gray, Sambucus canadensis L. var. submollis Rehd., Sambucus cerulea Raf. var. mexicana (K. Presl ex DC.) L. Benson, Sambucus mexicana K. Presl ex DC., Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli, Sambucus orbiculata Greene, Sambucus simpsoni, Sambucus simpsonii Rehd. ex Sargent

Common names:

American elder (1898-1937) (5, 49, 53, 72, 93, 97, 109, 122, 124, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158 )

American elder tree (1770) (41)

Bapoki hi (1918?-1970?, Osage, popping blackhaw plant) (121)

Black elder (1828) (7)

Black-berry elder [Black-berried elder] (1840-1932) (19, 85, 156 )

Bore tree [Bore-tree] (1923? obsolete by 1923) (156)

Bottery tree [Bottery-tree] (1923? obsolete by 1923) (156)

Canadian elderberry (1919) (107)

Canadian red-berry elder [Canadian red-berried elder] (1785) (8)

Canadische Hollunder (1892, German) (6)

Chaputa (1919, Dakota, Chaputa-hu translates as elder bush) (37)

Common elder (1852-1930) (2, 5, 38, 47, 63, 82, 92, 106, 156, 157 )

Common elderberry (1986-Present) (4, 50)

Elder (1869-1939) (9, 48, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 61, 95,112, 113, 114, 125, 130, 148, 157, 158 )

Elder bush (1892) (6)

Elder flowers [Elder-flowers] (1876-1900) (92, 158 )

Elder rob (1876, juice of elderberries ) (92)

Elderberry [Elder-berry, Elder berry] (1892-1977) (3, 6, 22, 37, 105, 121, 125, 145, 156, 157 )

Elder-blow [Elder-blows] (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Florida elder (1942) (155)

Mexican elder (1913-1942) (153, 155)

Pipigwe-minan (Chippewa) (1932) (105)

Sambucus (1917) (57)

Skirariu (1919, Pawnee) (37)

Sureau du Canada (1785-1892, French) (6, 8 )

Sweet elder (1896-1949) (5, 76, 92, 93, 109, 131, 156, 157, 158 )

Tapiro (1913, NM) (153)

Wagathahashka (1919, Omaha-Ponca, Wagathahashka-hi translates as elder bush) (37)