are a great treat to find on a summer hike. They are much jucier and tastier than blackberries. The vines have a white, powdery-looking bloom on the stalks.
This is a common shrub in east Tennessee and other parts of the southeast. Some people make a tasty wine from these berries; raw berries are poisonous. The poison found in the roots, leaves, twigs, and unripe berries is sambunigrin. Goats and cattle, along with humans, are poisoned by elderberry.
fruit A few of those foul-smelling flowers on this plant managed to get pollinated.
