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Sambucus nigra

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Dipsacales » Adoxaceae » Sambucus nigra
Common name (English)
Elder
Common name (Greek)
Ζαμπούκκος
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I1 Arable
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, England, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland (I), France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Andorra, Spain, Hungary, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Portugal, Malta, Norway (I), Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Sweden (I), Estonia (I), Belarus, C- & E-European Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia [Caucasus], Uzbekistan (I), Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia), Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete (I), East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, European Turkey, Iran (W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq), Israel (N-Israel), Lebanon (C-Lebanon), Syria (NW-Syria), Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Pakistan (I), Bangladesh (I), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), Pennsylvania (I), Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (Ontario (I)), Tunisia (I), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), New Zealand (I), Chatham Isl. (I), China (I) (Jiangsu (I), Shandong (I), Shanghai (I)), Ecuador (I), Argentina (I), Chile (I), Bolivia (I) 77010 0

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Habitat detail

Found in field margins, river banks and home gardens (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Cultivated and waste ground, roadsides; almost certainly introduced; sea-level to 4000'. Noted at Stavrovouni in Division 3.

First detection year
1862
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2019) Further noteworthy records of vascular plants in Cyprus (1997–2018) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 12: 1-17.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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