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Utah serviceberry

Amelanchier utahensis

Also called Coville's Serviceberry, Utah Service Berry, Utah Shadberry, Western Serviceberry

Utah serviceberry
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0

Utah serviceberry is a deciduous, spreading shrub or small tree native to the mountains of western North America, reaching about 3 m tall. It is grown for its spring white flowers, edible purplish berries and autumn colour, and suits cool, dry, open sites.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during establishment, then rely mostly on rain; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of rocky or alkaline ground.
Temperature
Cold hardy, roughly -30 to 35 °C; tolerates hot, dry summers.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
W. & SC. U.S.A. to Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua)
Climate
temperate

About

Amelanchier utahensis, the Utah serviceberry, is a species of serviceberry forming a shrub or small tree. It is native to western North America.

Where it grows

The core mountainous range of the species is delimited by the Colorado–New Mexico–Wyoming Rocky Mountains in the east, the Front ranges of Utah at the west, and the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains region of central-east Arizona and western New Mexico to the south.

Other Amelanchier plants

Saskatoon serviceberry · Common serviceberry · Asian Serviceberry · Oblongfruit serviceberry · Canadian serviceberry · Serviceberry · Low serviceberry · Pacific serviceberry · Intermediate Shadbush · Allegheny serviceberry · Nantucket serviceberry · Coastal serviceberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amelanchier utahensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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