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native plant database: Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt. Silver
buffaloberry, Buffaloberry USDA Symbol: SHAR USDA Native Status:
Native to U.S. Silver buffalo-berry is a mound-shaped shrub,
6-20 ft. tall, which sometimes becomes nearly tree-like. The
deciduous plant may be single-trunked or have a few short-
trunked stems. Twigs are spiny and silvery gray. Foliage is also
silvery-gray. Inconspicuous flowers precede a football-shaped
berry that is red, orange or yellow. Shrub or small tree with
silvery, scaly leaves, young twigs, berries; branches opposite;
twigs often spine-tipped. The berries are edible, but sour, best
after frost in November. Plant CharacteristicsDuration:
Perennial Habit: Shrub Leaf: Red, Orange Size Class: Bloom
InformationBloom Color: White , Yellow Bloom Time: Apr , May AZ
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