2. Shepherdia canadensis (Linnaeus) Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 241. 1818.
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Canadian or russet buffaloberry, rabbitberry, shépherdie du Canada
Hippophaë canadensis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1024. 1753; Elaeagnus canadensis (Linnaeus) A. Nelson; Lepargyrea canadensis (Linnaeus) Greene
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.
Flowering Apr–Jun. Woods, open rocky slopes, sandy-gravelly shores, granitic sands; 0–3300 m; 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.
