Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sambucus racemosa L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Sambucus pubsecens Pursh

Common names:

Boor tree [boor-tree] (1913) (5)

Bore tree [bore-tree] (1806-1923?, obsolete by 1923, Patrick Gass - possibly this species) (5, 35, 156)

Boutry (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Elder (1930) (106)

European red elder (1923-1949) (109, 138)

Mountain elder (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Poison elder (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Racemed elder (1899, SD) (131)

Red elder (1895) (2)

Red elderberry [Red elder-berry] (1923-Present) (50, 156)

Red-berry elder [Red berried elder, Red-berried elder] (1840-1923) (5, 19, 46, 63, 82, 92, 156)

Scarlet elder (1923) (156)