Common Name	Silver buffaloberry, Bull berry, Thorny buffaloberry
Latin Name	Shepherdia argentea
Family	Elaeagnaceae
Sunset zones / USDA zones	1-3, 7, 10 / 2
Type / Form	Shrub / Large
Native Habitat	Great pains
Soil	Dry, decomposed granite, sand, clay loam low in organic content, well drained
Water	Twice per month during dry periods
Exposure	Full sun
Height X Width	6 to 12 feet high and wide
Protective Mechanism	Spine tipped branches
Leaves	Elongated oval, silvery on both sides
Flowers	Dioecious, silvery buds, orange-red fruit
Bark / Roots	Brown / Spreading root system with rhizomes
Maintenance	Low
Propagation	Seed, cuttings, rhizomes
Pests and diseases
Landscape uses	Background, barrier, erosion control, hedge, low maintenance
Garden Suitability	Songbird, Ethnobotanical
Nature Value	Valuable forage species for mule deer, pronghorn, and grizzly bear. In the northern Great Basin, deer and elk browse silver buffalo berry.  In the northern Great Plains, the fruit of silver buffalo berry provides the best native winter food source for sharp-tailed grouse
Native American Uses	The fruit may be eaten raw or dried for winter use.  The taste is sour and to some people bitter.  It may also be to make juice. Plains Indians and pioneers preserved the fruit of silver buffalo berry and made a sauce from the berries that was eaten with bison meat
Links
Images and data	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherdia_argentea
Images and data	http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook/th-3-5.pdf
Images and data	http://www.springvalleyroses.com/catalog/buffaloberry.html
Images and data	http://www.allaboutstuff.com/Garden_Tips/sub_Buffalo_Berry.asp
Images and data	http://www.old-picture.com/indians/Buffalo-Berry-Gatherers.htm
Images and data	http://www.forthall.net/plants/silver_buffaloberry_shepherdia_a.htm
Images and data	http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/shearg/all.html
Images and data	http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=shar
Images and data	http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/yellow%20enlarged%20photo%20pages/shepherdia%20argentea.htm
Images and data	http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7541
Images and data	http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Shepherdia+argentea
Data	http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3431,3434,3435
Data	http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_8ae8.html
Nursery	http://www.cnplx.info/nplx/species?taxon=Shepherdia+argentea
Nursery	Oak Hills Nursery, 13874 Ranchero Road, Oak Hills, 92345, 760-947-6261
Distribution map	http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SHAR