Silver Buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea
Thorny, silver-leaved shrub bearing tart scarlet berries prized for jelly and by birds. A nitrogen-fixer that thrives on alkaline, saline, drought-stricken ground.
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–12 ft
- Spacing
- 8–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~22 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WI, WY