Shepherdia, commonly called buffaloberry[1] or bullberry, is a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae family. The plants are native to northern and western North America.[2] They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.
The berry is recognizable by being a dark shade of red, with little white dots on them. They are rough to the touch, and are found on both trees and shrubs.
Wildlifeedit
The plants have rather bitter-tasting berries. The fruit are often eaten by bears, which by legend, prefer the berries to maintain fat stores during hibernation.[6]
Buffaloberries are sour and can be made into jam, pie, jelly, syrup, soups, or prepared like cranberry sauce with sugar added.[6]
Referencesedit
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Shepherdia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
^Renner, Susanne S. (2014). "The relative and absolute frequencies of angiosperm sexual systems: dioecy, monoecy, gynodioecy, and an updated online database". American Journal of Botany. 101 (10): 1588–1596. doi:10.3732/ajb.1400196. PMID 25326608.
^LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
^ abElias, Professor, Thomas S. (1983). Edible Wild Plants A North American Field Guide(Digitized online by Google books). Peter A. Dykeman. Cengage Learning. pp. 9–28, 258. ISBN0-442-22254-8. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
External linksedit
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shepherdia, commonly, called, buffaloberry, bullberry, genus, small, shrubs, elaeagnaceae, family, plants, native, northern, western, north, america, they, legume, nitrogen, fixers, argentea, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, . Shepherdia commonly called buffaloberry 1 or bullberry is a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae family The plants are native to northern and western North America 2 They are non legume nitrogen fixers Shepherdia Shepherdia argentea Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Rosales Family Elaeagnaceae Genus ShepherdiaNutt Species See text Synonyms Lepargyrea Raf Leptargyreia Schltdl Shepherdia is dioecious with male and female flowers produced on separate plants 3 Contents 1 Species 2 Fruit 2 1 Wildlife 2 2 As food 3 References 4 External linksSpecies editThe genus has three living species Shepherdia argentea silver buffaloberry 4 Shepherdia canadensis Canada buffaloberry Shepherdia rotundifolia roundleaf buffaloberry endemic to southern Utah and northern Arizona An additional extinct species is also placed in the genus Shepherdia weaveri Hollick LaMotte Paleocene Eocene Kachemak Bay Alaska 5 Fruit editThe berry is recognizable by being a dark shade of red with little white dots on them They are rough to the touch and are found on both trees and shrubs Wildlife edit The plants have rather bitter tasting berries The fruit are often eaten by bears which by legend prefer the berries to maintain fat stores during hibernation 6 Buffaloberries are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Ectropis crepuscularia recorded from S canadensis and Coleophora elaeagnisella As food edit Buffaloberries are sour and can be made into jam pie jelly syrup soups or prepared like cranberry sauce with sugar added 6 References edit USDA NRCS n d Shepherdia The PLANTS Database plants usda gov Greensboro North Carolina National Plant Data Team Retrieved 11 November 2015 Shepherdia Nutt USDA PLANTS Renner Susanne S 2014 The relative and absolute frequencies of angiosperm sexual systems dioecy monoecy gynodioecy and an updated online database American Journal of Botany 101 10 1588 1596 doi 10 3732 ajb 1400196 PMID 25326608 Silver buffaloberry PDF LaMotte R S 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Vol 51 Geological Society of America doi 10 1130 MEM51 a b Elias Professor Thomas S 1983 Edible Wild Plants A North American Field Guide Digitized online by Google books Peter A Dykeman Cengage Learning pp 9 28 258 ISBN 0 442 22254 8 Retrieved 2009 01 25 External links edit nbsp Media related to Shepherdia at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Rosales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shepherdia amp oldid 1135895428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
