Blue Elderberry
Blue Elderberry
Greasy Creek
March 27, 2009
Blue Elderberry
Greasy Creek
March 27, 2009
Native uses: Branches of the 'Tree of Music' were used to make flutes, cut in spring and dried with the leaves on. Holes were bored with a hot stick. Long shoots were used for arrow shafts. Berries used for drink or dried and stored for winter. Fresh flowers as external decoction for antiseptic wash for skin diseases; internally to check bleeding of the lungs.
Host of the infamous Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (VELB) that bores holes in stem stock 3/4" thick of older more established plants. The Elderberry, requiring substanial mitigation and protection, may be impacted by agricultural, developmental and municpal projects from the San Joaquin Valley floor to the foothill regions. Few people, if any, have ever seen the beetle, its presence confirmed almost exclusively by bore holes. The plants grow readily in fence lines along roadways, or scattered in rougher terrain and areas of less concentrated grazing.
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