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§1 Plant
Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.
vernacular silverberry — species · Elaeagnaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Elaeagnus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 100 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.9
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 12 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 12 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- White-Gray
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 3,800
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Field Collections Only
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 100 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Grand Forks 38035
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELCO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3039274 ↗Record version
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