Biology:Shepherdia rotundifolia
| 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
Leaves and stems
"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
Inflorescence and fruit
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
Habitat and range
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
References
- ↑ NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Shepherdia rotundifolia". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.153881/Shepherdia_rotundifolia.
- ↑ "Shepherdia rotundifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SHRO. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Fagan, Damian (2012). Canyon Country Wildflowers (2 ed.). Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association. ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q17236038 entry
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