Rubus pensilvanicus Pennsylvania Blackberry
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 5.7-7.6
Form/Color Purple canes to 10' long, stout prickles, Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
flowers white in May-June, black fruit in Tolerance: tolerance.
July-August.
Urban Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.
Habitat: Thickets, woodland edges, successional
habitats.
Ecosystem Fruit eaten by birds and mammals.
Services:
Hydrology: Moderately tolerant of drought.
Ornamental Canes can be reddish in color, white
Value: flowers, black fleshy fruit. Compatibility:
Salt Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance. Other:
Shade
Tolerance:
Sambucus canadensis Elderberry
Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACW Soil: pH 6.0-8.0
Form/Color Deciduous, fast grower to 12', flowers Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
white in June-July, black fruit in July- Tolerance: tolerance.
September, forms thickets.
Urban Tolerant of soil compaction, probably
Tolerance: tolerant of concrete debris.
Habitat: Freshwater tidal and nontidal marshes,
wet edges, shrub swamps.
Ecosystem Wildlife value very high, fruit eaten by
Services: birds, mammals.
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding, drought.
Ornamental White, showy, clusters of flowers, black
Value: fleshy fruit. Compatibility: Can form colonies.
Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Will not bloom or fruit in dense shade.
Shade Moderately tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance: