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Using Elderberry in Wildlife Orchards and Habitat Improvement Plantings
While not especially showy with regard to foliage or growth pattern, it is a prolific producer of food and cover for a wide variety of game and nongame wildlife species and deserves consideration when designing native tree orchards or habitat improvement plantings for wildlife.