ABSTRACT
Canadian buffaloberry reaches its northern limits north of the Arctic Circle and is found in all provinces of Canada except Prince Edward Island. It occurs from Newfoundland to Alaska and follows the Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and New Mexico. Silver buffaloberry is native in Canada in the prairie and southern parklands of the Prairie Provinces. Silver buffaloberry particularly occupies sandy soils that are often poorly drained and frequently somewhat calcareous. Buffaloberry plants are shrubs or small trees with separate male and female plants. Silver buffaloberry has dangerous large thorns unlike Canadian buffaloberry. Native peoples of North America made extensive use of buffaloberries. Buffaloberries are in fact collected for home use for pies, jams, jellies, and wine, and there is a small North American cottage industry for the production of buffaloberry jams and jellies. Buffaloberries are rather sour and small, and collection is tedious. The thorns of silver buffaloberry make picking difficult, although some berries as superior in taste.
