Taxon: Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• silverberry   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  
• chalef argenté   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• Silber-Öweide   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (for windbreak fide F Pacif NW)
  
• Environmental: wildlife habitat   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• 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:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  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

• also cultivated

References:

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

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Elaeagnus commutata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Elaeagnus commutata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Elaeagnus commutata.

Check other web resources for Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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 (on-line resource). 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.

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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