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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:

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