Roundleaf buffaloberry | |
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Roundleaf buffaloberry with flowerbuds in Grand Canyon National Park | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Elaeagnaceae |
Genus: | Shepherdia |
Species: | S. rotundifolia
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Binomial name | |
Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry
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Shepherdia rotundifolia, the roundleaf buffaloberry [2] or silverleaf, is a 3-to-6-foot (1-to-2-meter) evergreen shrub in the oleaster family ( Elaeagnaceae) that grows only in the Colorado Plateau ( endemic) of the southwestern United States. [3]: 97 The common name comes from western settlers using the cooked berries in a sauce for eating cooked buffalo meat. [3]: 97
"Rotundifolia" is for the oval or egg-shaped leaves, which can vary to being lance shaped. [3]: 97 They are 1⁄4 to 1+1⁄2 inches (6 to 38 mm) long, silvery green on top (hence the other common name), and hairy and pale on the bottom. [3]: 97
Flowers open from May to June and are yellowish. [3]: 97 They are produced singly or in a cluster from leaf axils. [3]: 97
Fruits are elliptical, with star-shaped hairs. [3]: 97
It grows in mixed desert shrub, pinyon juniper woodland, and ponderosa pine forest communities as high as 7,800 feet (2,400 m) elevations. [3]: 97
Roundleaf buffaloberry | |
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Roundleaf buffaloberry with flowerbuds in Grand Canyon National Park | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Elaeagnaceae |
Genus: | Shepherdia |
Species: | S. rotundifolia
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Binomial name | |
Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry
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Shepherdia rotundifolia, the roundleaf buffaloberry [2] or silverleaf, is a 3-to-6-foot (1-to-2-meter) evergreen shrub in the oleaster family ( Elaeagnaceae) that grows only in the Colorado Plateau ( endemic) of the southwestern United States. [3]: 97 The common name comes from western settlers using the cooked berries in a sauce for eating cooked buffalo meat. [3]: 97
"Rotundifolia" is for the oval or egg-shaped leaves, which can vary to being lance shaped. [3]: 97 They are 1⁄4 to 1+1⁄2 inches (6 to 38 mm) long, silvery green on top (hence the other common name), and hairy and pale on the bottom. [3]: 97
Flowers open from May to June and are yellowish. [3]: 97 They are produced singly or in a cluster from leaf axils. [3]: 97
Fruits are elliptical, with star-shaped hairs. [3]: 97
It grows in mixed desert shrub, pinyon juniper woodland, and ponderosa pine forest communities as high as 7,800 feet (2,400 m) elevations. [3]: 97