Guatemalan Elderberry Bush Silviculture

William Bronson

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I have read that traditional Guatemalan farming often includes growing elderberry bush as a green manure that is coppiced when it's time to plant the field.

Unfortunately I have only found one such reference:
https://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Serviceberry_makes_a_good_mulch/

Does anybody here have any leads on more info?

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