Amelanchier utahensis Koehne

vernacular Utah serviceberry — species · Rosaceae

USDA: AMUT
GBIF: 3023964
Rank: species

Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis) — Platephotograph · Steve GanleyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Rosaceae Juss.
Genus: Amelanchier

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Native

§2b

County-level range

· 12 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 12 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: Medium
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: High
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: High
Hedging: High

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -28 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 110 min.
Precipitation: 12–45 in/yr
pH range: 5.6–8.4
Root depth: 24 in min.
Fertility need: Low
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Multiple Stem
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Long
Mature height: 15 ft
Height @ 20 y: 10 ft
Foliage texture: Coarse
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: White
Fruit colour: Red
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Late Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: Slow
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 25,800
Propagation: seed, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: High
Graze palatability: High
Palatable, human: Yes
Protein potential: High
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 12 counties across 2 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾

Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/AMUT ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3023964 ↗

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