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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Shepherdia''<br /> | image = shepherdia_argentia_1.jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = ''Shepherdia argentea'', western Nevada<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Rosales]]<br /> | familia = [[Elaeagnaceae]]<br /> | genus = '''''Shepherdia'''''<br /> | genus_authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]<br /> | subdivision_ranks = Species<br /> | subdivision = See text<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Shepherdia''''' ('''Buffaloberries''') are a genus of small shrubs which have rather bitter tasting berries, native to [[North America]]. The genus has three species:<br /> *''[[Shepherdia argentea]]'' - Silver Buffaloberry<br /> *''[[Shepherdia canadensis]]'' - Canada Buffaloberry <br /> *''[[Shepherdia rotundifolia]]'' - Round-leaf Buffaloberry<br /> <br /> The fruit are eaten primarily by [[bears]] and are presumably so popular with bears because they contain a molecule that helps to keep fat on the body which is useful for the winter season{{Fact|date=September 2007}}. Buffaloberries are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]] (recorded from ''S. canadensis'') and ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora elaeagnisella]]''.<br /> <br /> Buffaloberries are edible for humans. They are quite sour, and afterwards leave the mouth a little dry. The berry is recognizeable by being a dark shade of red, with little white dots on them. They are rough to the touch, and found on both trees and shrubs.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Elaeagnaceae]]<br /> <br /> {{Rosales-stub}}</div>

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