Red Car Property: Native Blue Elderberries Scarce This Year

Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 20, 2015.  More than most natives on the Red Car Property, Blue Elderberries are suffering from the prolonged drought.  (Click on photos to enlarge.) 


Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 20, 2015.  Even in dry years, some Blue Elderberries will  produce a good size clump of
berries.  This is the most sparse crop I've seen in 25 years of walking
the Red Car Property