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silver buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 ft. to 15.0 ft.
Spread: 6.0 ft. to 12.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Tree
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Wetland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains, Riparian
- Season of Bloom
- April, May
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Screening
- Other Considerations
- Thorns
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4, 5 - Soil Type
- Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- Careful! Sharp Spines, Thorns Or Other Appendages.
Notes
Intolerant of prolonged flooding and permanently high-water tables.