Shepherdia canadensis

(Linnaeus) Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 241. 1818.

Common names: Canadian or russet buffaloberry rabbitberry shépherdie du Canada
Basionym: Hippophaë canadensis Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1024. 1753
Synonyms: Elaeagnus canadensis (Linnaeus) A. Nelson Lepargyrea canadensis (Linnaeus) Greene
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Shrubs, 0.3–3 m, not clonal. Stems unarmed. Leaves decid­uous; blade elliptic, ovate, or subcordate, 3–5(–7) × 1–3(–4) cm, margins plane, surfaces sparsely silvery stellate-hairy abaxially with interspersed rust-brown scales, glabrate and green adaxially. Flowers: sepals yellow, 1.5–3 mm on staminate flowers, 1–2 mm on pistillate flowers; nectary disc inconspicuous. Fruits bright red or yellow, ellipsoid, 6–9 mm, fleshy, sparsely lepidote. Seeds dark brown to black, 4–5 mm. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Woods, open rocky slopes, sandy-gravelly shores, granitic sands.
Elevation: 0–3300 m.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Shepherdia canadensis"
Leila M. Shultz +  and William A. Varga +
(Linnaeus) Nuttall +
Hippophaë canadensis +
Canadian or russet buffaloberry +, rabbitberry +  and shépherdie du Canada +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
0–3300 m. +
Woods, open rocky slopes, sandy-gravelly shores, granitic sands. +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
Elaeagnus canadensis +  and Lepargyrea canadensis +
Shepherdia canadensis +
Shepherdia +
species +