{"id":148912,"date":"2025-06-18T04:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=148912"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:49:53","slug":"american-black-elderberry-in-bloom-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/06\/18\/american-black-elderberry-in-bloom-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"American Black Elderberry In Bloom At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I’m sharing two photos of blooming American Black Elderberry<\/span><\/a> that I took last week at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"BloomingBlooming American Black Elderberry at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/p>\n

In Utah I used to enjoy photographing another elderberry species, Blue Elderberry, Sambucus cerulea<\/em>. Here in Arkansas and Oklahoma, the native American Black Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis<\/em>, is what I see and photograph.<\/p>\n

I’ve always loved the delicate, lacy-looking flowers of elderberry shrubs. The berries, or drupes, are pretty too.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Black Elderberry in bloom at Sequoyah NWR<\/span><\/p>\n

I had hoped to take more American Black Elderberry photos this spring in softer light. But in the eight days since I took these, the weather hasn\u2019t been cooperating. By the time I get back to the refuge, I think the elderberries will have finished blooming.<\/p>\n

I’ll have to wait and see!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my wildflower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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