Roundleaf Buffaloberry (Shepherdia rotundifolia)
Description
Shepherdia rotundifolia, the roundleaf buffaloberry or silverleaf, is a 3-to-6-foot (1-to-2-meter) evergreen shrub in the oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae) that grows only in the Colorado Plateau (endemic) of the southwestern United States.:97 The common name comes from western settlers using the cooked berries in a sauce for eating cooked buffalo meat.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Elaeagnaceae
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Genus: Shepherdia
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