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Shepherdia argentea



Silver Buffaloberry

Shepherdia argentia, Saskatchewan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Shepherdia
Species: S. argentea
Binomial name
Shepherdia argentea
(Pursh) Nutt.

Shepherdia argentea (Silver Buffaloberry or Bull berry, thorny buffaloberry) is a species of Shepherdia, native to central North America from southern Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) south in the United States to northern California and New Mexico.[1]

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2-6 m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs (rarely alternately arranged), 2-6 cm long, oval with a rounded apex, green with a covering of fine silvery, silky hairs, more densely silvery below than above. The flowers are pale yellow, with four sepals and no petals. The fruit is a bright red fleshy drupe 5 mm in diameter; it is edible but with a rather bitter taste.[2]

The berry is one of the mainstays of the diet of the Sharp-tailed Grouse, the provincial bird of Saskatchewan.[3]

References

  1. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Shepherdia argentea
  2. ^ Jepson Flora: Shepherdia argentea
  3. ^ U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA & Michael Knudson, , . Retrieved on September 6, 2007
 
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