Participant Info

Species

Elaeagnus commutata [Elaeagnus argentea]

Family

Caprifoliaceae

CommonName

silverberry

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1939

LatestDate

2022

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Mineral

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Daniel Boyes: Conejos Co, Conejos River southwest of Mogote, 19 Aug 2022

Comments

For this native silverberry bush, there are only two Watershed vouchers: between Creede and Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral Co, 1939), and 7.8 miles W of Antonito (Conejos Co, 2018, although the label says “Alamosa Co”). Photorecords another location: 4.75 km southwest of Mogote (Conejos Co, 2022). In the Watershed Elaeagnus commutata was occasionally planted as a wind or snow break, but not so extensively as the exotic E. angustifolia (Russian Olive), which grew better in the Basin. The USA range of E. commutata is the northern Great Plains and Central and Southern Rockies (but not New Mexico).

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