Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Elaeagnus utilis A. Nels., Lepargyraea argentea (Nutt.) Greene., Shepherdia argentea Nutt.

Common names:

Argosier argenté (1857, French) (20)

Beef-suet tree [Beef suet tree] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Bois à perdix (1770, French meaning shrub for partridges) (1770) (41)

Buffalo fat (1857) (20)

Buffalo grease [Buffalow grees] (1806, William Clark) (35)

Buffalo-berry [Buffalo berry, Buffaloberry] (1827-1986) (3, 4, 5, 14, 22, 33, 37, 72, 75, 78, 85, 92, 93, 95, 101, 103, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 120, 131, 135, 153, 156, 158)

Bullberry [Bull berry, Bull-berry] (1830-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 36, 101, 104, 108, 156, 158)

Grains de boeuf (1850) (28)

Graisse de boeuf (1857-1905) (20, 101)

Graisse du boeuf (1820, French) (89)

Grise de buff [Grease de buff] (1806, William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, spelled variously) (35)

Há&ηse [As-sé (1919, Dakota, rabbitnose) (37)

Naaní'Is [Nar-nis] (1806, Arkikara) (1806, William Clark) (35)

Rabbit-berry [Rabbit berry , Rabbitberry] (1806-1936, Ordway, Gass, Whitehouse) (5, 10, 20, 35, 36, 92, 93, 156, 158)

Silver buffaloberry (1923-Present) (50, 138, 155)

Silverberry (1930, IA) (82)

Silver-bush (1923) (156)

Silver-leaf [Silver leaf] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Western shepherdia (1857) (20)

Wild oleaster tree [Wild oleaster-tree] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Wild olive tree [Wild olive-tree] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Wild olive-tree (1923) (156)

Zhon-hoje-wazhide or wazhide h'uta (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)