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80.) ESCALLONIACEAE & ADOXACEAE

ESCALLONIACEAE

  • Adoxa moschatellina L. (Moschatel) / Woodland
  • Sambucus nigra L. (Elder) / Woodland
  • Sambucus ebulus L. (Dwarf Elder) - General
  • Viburnum opulus L. (Guelder-rose) / Woodland
  • Viburnum lantana L. (Wayfaring-tree) / Woodland
  • Viburnum tinus L. (Laurustinus) / Woodland
  • Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl. (Wrinkled Viburnum) / General

Species to add:

  • Escallonia rubra (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. var. micrantha (Hook. & Arn.) Reiche (Escallonia) - only recorded as Escallonia sp. - I've recorded this in an overgrown garden.
  • Sambucus nigra L. f. viridis (Weston) Schwer. (Elder) - Glos. Fl.
  • Sambucus nigra L. f. laciniata (L.) Zabel (Elder) - Glos. Fl. The cultivar 'Black Lace' is widely grown in gardens and may escape.

Sambucus nigra L. var. viridis Ait. With pale yellowish-green, transparent berries. In an old lane on Stoke Hill, G., Ivor Evans. For the record of a similar bush from near Portishead, S., see Bristol Botany in 1918, in Proc. Bristol Nat. Soc. 1920, p. 89. [Bristol Botany in 1938, p. 391].