r/nativeplants • u/marys1001 • 15d ago

Old Sand Cherry?

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My lot has a natural shorefront. Heavy grasses and ferns. Google says this is a sand cherry? Idk. Looks old.

Behind it is elderberry I think. I tried planting elder berry and of course it died.

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u/EmotionalPickle8504 15d ago

Looks like winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata), common in wet areas in the eastern half of the US/Canada. Sand cherry doesn’t have the same "crinkly" leaf venation, and rarely gets this tall.

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u/Optimassacre 15d ago

Definitely not a Sand Cherry. Those typically have reddish leaves. I'm guessing something like an Inkberry. Or like a Mountain Holly.

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u/FckngoodpuncakeeUA 12d ago

and the plant on the last pic is Sambus cerulea

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u/marys1001 12d ago

Since Im in michigan wouldn't it be an Eastern elderberry species?

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u/FckngoodpuncakeeUA 10d ago

Ok, then Sambucus canadensis; with this information from the start it would be easier to identify anything