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Shepherdia
Sign in to saveShepherdia, commonly called buffaloberry or bullberry, is a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae family. The plants are native to northern and western North America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.
Species
FamilyElaeagnaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 85
- With media
- 84
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, USU, WTU, UNM, ANSP, SIM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Elaeagnaceae
- Image
- SilverBuffaloberrySK-3.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Shepherdia
- Commons category
- Shepherdia
- topic's main category
- Category:Shepherdia
- taxon common name
- 水牛果属
- has fruit type
- berry
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Species
- Fruit
- Wildlife
- As food
- References
- External links
Shepherdia, commonly called buffaloberry or bullberry, is a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae family. The plants are native to northern and western North America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.
Shepherdia is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate plants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shepherdia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.