Biology:Shepherdia rotundifolia

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Short description: Species of shrub


Roundleaf buffaloberry
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Roundleaf buffaloberry with flowerbuds in Grand Canyon National Park

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Shepherdia
Species:
S. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Shepherdia rotundifolia
Parry

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 14 to 1 12 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

  1. NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Shepherdia rotundifolia". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.153881/Shepherdia_rotundifolia. 
  2. "Shepherdia rotundifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SHRO. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
  3. Jump up to: 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