Common Name:
Buffaloberry
Three species, all found in North America. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees, branches often thorny, covered with small, scruffy scales (lepidote). Leaves opposite, simple, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, margain entire, silvery, lepidote, with a petiole. Dioecious (male and female plants), small flowers appearing before leaves, fruits berry-like.
Shepherdia: after John Shepherd, British botanist.
Pronunciation:
shef-HAIR-dee-a
Family:
Elaeagnaceae