Taxon: Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.

Common names:

• chalef argenté   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  
• Silber-Öweide   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  
• silverberry   (Source: F GPlains )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; ornamental; shade/shelter; wildlife habitat   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; F Pacif NW, for windbreak; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  
• Materials: beads   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document)
  

More:

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory [s.w.], Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska [s.]
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [n.], Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Minnesota [w.], North Dakota, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Wyoming [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Utah

References:

• Dorn, R. D. 1977. Manual of the vascular plants of Wyoming. (F Wyom)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas. (L Minn)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Elaeagnus commutata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Elaeagnus commutata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Elaeagnus commutata cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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