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Shepherdia
rotundifolia
(Roundleaf Buffaloberry) Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster Family) Semi-desert. Shrublands, woodlands, openings.
Spring. Roundleaf Buffaloberry is a large, conspicuous shrub with innumerable tightly packed clusters of attractive rounded ("rotund") silver/blue/green, warty leaves which tend to cup inward from the sides and downward from the tip. Branch-ends in older shrubs often become so heavy that they cascade to the ground or flow over cliff faces. Roundleaf Buffaloberry produces a profusion of tiny yellow flowers followed by mildly tasty, edible berries that were supposedly made into a sauce for Buffalo meat. Ripening berries are in the middle of the photograph. In 1875 Charles Parry named this species which was collected in 1873 by A. L. Siler in Utah. |
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Shepherdia
rotundifolia
(Roundleaf Buffaloberry) Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster Family) Semi-desert. Shrublands, woodlands, openings.
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Shepherdia
rotundifolia
(Roundleaf Buffaloberry) Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster Family) Semi-desert. Shrublands, woodlands, openings.
Spring. At the side of the gravel road called the Moki Dugway, a four by four foot Buffaloberry sits eleven hundred feet above the San Juan River basin enjoying the view south into Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. |
