OFGAC Native Trees and Shrubs Database

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Buffalo Berry Shepherdia canadensis
Name, French:	Shepherdie du Canada
Name, Other:	Soapberry, Soopalallie, Bois à perdrix
Natural Habitat:	Shores, riverbanks, open rocky woods.
Tree Form:	Low to medium sized shrub, much branched and spreading, open rounded crown. Can be as wide as tall.
Size At Maturity:	Shrub 2 m high 7 feet
Light Requirement:
Water Requirement: (scale of 1-5)
Salt Tolerance:	High
Wildlife:	Not much used.
Notes:	Easy to grow and is cold and drought tolerant. Female flowers are greenish-yellow; male flowers are brown. Although juicy and rich in iron, the ruddy or yellowish spherical fruit (about the size of a pea) is considered bitter and inedible. Silver-green leaves. Red or yellow roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules. Grows on sandy, calcareous rocks and is tolerant of poor soils. Alkaline pH.