familyElaeagnaceae
genusShepherdia
speciesShepherdia canadensis

Shepherdia canadensis

(Linnaeus) Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 241. 1818.

Leila M. Shultz, William A. Varga
Common names: Canadian or russet buffaloberry rabbitberry shépherdie du Canada
Basionym: Hippophaë canadensis Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1024. 1753
Synonyms: Elaeagnus canadensis (Linnaeus) A. Nelson Lepargyrea canadensis (Linnaeus) Greene
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Shrubs, 0.3–3 m, not clonal. Stems unarmed. Leaves decid­uous; blade elliptic, ovate, or subcordate, 3–5 (–7) × 1–3 (–4) cm, margins plane, surfaces sparsely silvery stellate-hairy abaxially with interspersed rust-brown scales, glabrate and green adaxially. Flowers: sepals yellow, 1.5–3 mm on staminate flowers, 1–2 mm on pistillate flowers; nectary disc inconspicuous. Fruits bright red or yellow, ellipsoid, 6–9 mm, fleshy, sparsely lepidote. Seeds dark-brown to black, 4–5 mm. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Woods, open rocky slopes, sandy-gravelly shores, granitic sands.
Elevation: 0–3300 m.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
22 +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Anther fixation
dorsifixed +  and basifixed +
Apex shape
blunt +  and acute +
Author
Leila M. Shultz +  and William A. Varga +
Authority
(Linnaeus) Nuttall +
Base duration
persistent +
Base shape
blunt +  and attenuate +
Base texture
fleshy +
Basionyms
Hippophaë canadensis +
Blade architecture or shape
pinnate +
Blade atypical length
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Blade atypical width
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Blade length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Blade shape
subcordate +, ovate +  and elliptic +
Blade texture
leathery +  and membranous +
Blade width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Bract presence
absent +
Calyx lobe arrangement
opposite +  and alternate +
Calyx lobe quantity
4 +
Common name
Canadian or russet buffaloberry +, rabbitberry +  and shépherdie du Canada +
Distribution
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
0–3300 m. +
Embryo arrangement
axile +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Endosperm quantity
scanty +
Filament fusion
adnate +
Filament height or length or size
short +
Flower architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement
solitary +  and paired +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Fruit architecture or shape
berrylike +
Fruit coloration
yellow +  and bright red +
Fruit pubescence
lepidote +
Fruit shape
ellipsoid +
Fruit some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Fruit texture
fleshy +
Fruits achene architecture or shape
berrylike +
Habitat
Woods, open rocky slopes, sandy-gravelly shores, granitic sands. +
Hair arrangement or shape
stellate +
Hair pubescence
glabrescent +
Hypanthium length
elongated +
Hypanthium prominence
conspicuous +
Hypanthium shape
tubular +
Hypanthium size
accrescent +  and constricted +
Illustration
Present +
Inflorescence architecture
umbellate +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Leaf architecture
short-petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
opposite +
Leaf duration
evergreen +  and deciduous +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
plane +
Nectary disc development
well-developed +
Nectary disc prominence
inconspicuous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary placentation
basal +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture
bitegmic +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Pistil architecture
1-carpellate +
Pollen architecture
colporate +
Publication title
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
Publication year
1818 +
Reference
None +
Scale coloration
rust-brown +
Seed architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed coloration
dark-brown +  and black +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed shape
ellipsoid +, ovoid +  and oblong +
Seed some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Sepal arrangement or dehiscence
valvate +
Sepal coloration
yellow +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
4 +  and 2 +
Sepal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Series quantity
1 +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +  and armed +
Shrub growth form
not clonal +
Shrub growth form or habitat
terrestrial +
Shrub reproduction
dioecious +
Shrub some measurement
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
Side quantity
1 +
Stamen quantity
8 +
Stem architecture
unarmed +
Stem pubescence
pubescent +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma shape
linear +  and capitate +
Stipule architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Style position
apical +
Style quantity
1 +
Style size
slender +
Style structure in adjective form
stigmatic +
Surface coloration
green +  and silvery +
Surface pubescence
glabrate +  and stellate-hairy +
Synonyms
Elaeagnus canadensis +  and Lepargyrea canadensis +
Taxon family
Elaeagnaceae +
Taxon name
Shepherdia canadensis +
Taxon parent
Shepherdia +
Taxon rank
species +
Tree architecture
unarmed +  and armed +
Tree growth form
clonal +
Tree growth form or habitat
terrestrial +
Tree reproduction
dioecious +
Trichome arrangement or shape
stellate +
Trichome coloration
rust +, yellow +  and silver +
Volume
Volume 10 +
X chromosome quantity
13 +  and 11 +