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Silverberry

Elaeagnus commutata, the silverberry or wolf-willow, is a species of Elaeagnus native to western and boreal North America, from southern Alaska through British Columbia east to Quebec, south to Utah, and across the upper Midwestern United States to South Dakota and western Minnesota. It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Elaeagnus commutata
Genus: Elaeagnus
Kingdom: Plantae
Hardiness: Zone 3
Habit: shrub
Bloom: Early Summer