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Buffaloberries
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Buffaloberries

Shepherdia

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.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Canadian buffalo-berry

speciesShepherdia canadensis

silver buffaloberry

speciesShepherdia argentea

Roundleaf buffaloberry

speciesShepherdia rotundifolia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72359.