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§1 Plant
Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.
vernacular russet buffaloberry — species · Elaeagnaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Shepherdia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 190 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -63 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 95 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–30 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.3–8
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- White-Gray
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 57,563
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 190 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Custer 08027
- Eagle 08037
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Park 08093
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Ontonagon 26131
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Ontario 36069
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SHCA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5372427 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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