Elaeagnus commutata

Elaeagnus commutata

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Elaeagnus
Species:
E. commutata
Binomial name
Elaeagnus commutata
Bernh. ex Rydb.
Synonyms
  • Elaeagnus argentea Nutt. (1818)
  • Elaeagnus argentea Pursh (1813)
  • Elaeagnus glabra K.Koch (1872)
  • Elaeagnus veteris-castelli Lepage (1955)
  • Shepherdia argentea Schltdl. (1857)

Elaeagnus commutata, the silverberry or wolf-willow, is a species of Elaeagnus native to western and boreal North America, from southern Alaska through British Columbia east to Quebec, south to Utah, and across the upper Midwestern United States to South Dakota and western Minnesota. It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges.

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