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§1 Plant

Amelanchier utahensis Koehne var. utahensis

vernacular Utah serviceberry — variety · Rosaceae


USDA
AMUTU
GBIF
3023964 syn.
Rank
variety
Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis)
Platephotograph · Steve GanleyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and 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

· 10 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 10 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Medium
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
12–60 in/yr
pH range
5.8–7.4
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
15 ft
Height @ 20 y
10 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
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
Low
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
Contracting Only
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 10 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/AMUTU ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3023964 ↗

Record version

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