Shepherdia argentea (Silver buffaloberry)

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Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt.

Silver buffaloberry

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Rhamnales	Buckthorns, oleasters, grapes, others
Family	Elaeagnaceae	Oleaster family, named after
Genus	Shepherdia	After John Shepherd (1764-1836), curator of the Liverpool Botanic Gardens and friend of Thomas Nuttall, and author in 1808 of A Catalog of Plants in the Botanic Garden at Liverpool. Nuttall was also associated with this botanic garden
Species	argentea	Silvery

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Elaeagnus utilis A. Nelson

Lepargyrea argentea (Pursh) Greene

Shepherdia argentea description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 7 × 4½" (17 × 11 cm)

5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 17 × 12" (44 × 29 cm)

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