Bui. 545, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Plate XLVIII. 
Mountain Elder (Sambucus melanocarpa). 
Because of the palatability of mountain elder, sheep usually leave the lower brancnes quite bare of 
foliage. 
Dead clumps of mountain elder are often found on the range. Since the species is comparatively 
short lived this condition may be due, in part at least, to age. 
