| Scientific Name: | Elaeagnus commutata |
| Common Name: | silverberry , wolf willow |
| Family Name: | Elaeagnaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - central, Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Hedge row, Herb, Reclamation, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Alkaline, Bog, Humus rich, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Glaucous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Yellow, Jun |
| Fruit: | Achene, Drupe, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Silver, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves laternate, lanceolate-oblanceolate, most 2-7cm long x 1-2cm wide, silvery on both sides due to dense small white scales; flowers yellow, with a four-lobed corolla 6-14mm long; drupes oval, 9-12mm long, silvery. | |