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Originally Posted by Arcy  Hello,
Hoping I am in the right place, I would ask a silly question: is the Sambuccus nigra, i.e. the Elder, a tree or a shrub, please? I have none around and have never seen one, except on Google where it seems to be a shrub but my context seems to imply it is a tree... Please help.
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My attitude is that if it grows above 3m then it's entitled to be called a tree - elder, easily does that. Others might say that it has to have a single stem/trunk of a certain thickness to be called a tree whereas elder frequently is multi-stemmed and seldom has a thick trunk.
So maybe it depends on the individual - look at
Crataegus, hawthorns, normally these are shrubs
but they can, in the right situation, grown into trees!
So, it can be whatever you want!
