What is "shepherdia"

Shepherdia \Shep*her"di*a\, n.; pl. Shepherdias. [NL. So called from John Shepherd, an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as El[ae]agnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Shepherdia genus) of shrubs with silvery scurfy leaf.

Shepherdia, commonly called buffaloberries or bullberries, are a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae Family.

The plants are native to northern and western North America. They are non-legume nitrogen fixers.