Wild Elderberry - Rocky Mountain National Park

Wild Elderberry flowers (Sambucus sp.)

These are the flowers on a wild Elderberry bush.  By the end of summer, each little flower on the cluster will have transformed into a berry.  The berry clusters will likely be fed upon by Deer, Elk, and Bears.

The photo above is a close-up of an Elderberry flower cluster.  Below is a photo of the dense bush on which they grow.  I photographed this elderberry bush alongside a trail near Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Wild Elderberry bush in flower