Lonicera utahensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Lonicera |
| Species: | L. utahensis
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Lonicera utahensis is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common names Utah honeysuckle, red twinberry, and fly honeysuckle. It is native to western North America.
Description
[edit]This honeysuckle is a deciduous shrub growing 1 to 2 metres (3+1⁄2 to 6+1⁄2 ft) tall. It has slender, spreading branches and it may take a clumpy form. The leaves are oval or oblong in shape and measure up to 8 centimetres (3+1⁄4 in) long[2] by 4 wide. The undersides are hairless or have stiff hairs.
Pairs of flowers are borne on peduncles up to 15 cm (6 in) long. The flowers have yellow to yellowish-white petals up to 1 cm long.[2] The fruit is a red berry almost 1 cm wide.[3][4] The seeds are dispersed by animals that eat the fruit, including birds and bears.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, east to Alberta and Montana and south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico.[5][3][4][6][7]
It occurs in the understory of mature forests, such as those composed of grand fir and Rocky Mountain maple. It is often a climax species. It may be a codominant plant in subalpine fir-common beargrass plant communities. It can be found at 300–3,400 m (980–11,150 ft) in elevation, but is most common at 1,200–2,400 m (3,900–7,900 ft). Other associated plants include white spiraea, ninebark, Scouler willow, Sitka alder, thinleaf huckleberry, pinegrass, queencup beadlily, and sweetscented bedstraw.[3]
Uses
[edit]This plant can be used as an ornamental and in revegetation efforts.[3] The berry is considered edible.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Lonicera utahensis". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.
- ^ a b c d e Pavek, Diane S. 1993. Lonicera utahensis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
- ^ a b Lonicera utahensis. Washington Burke Museum.
- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2015). "Lonicera utahensis". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- ^ "Lonicera utahensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- ^ Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2014). "Lonicera utahensis". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
External links
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Media related to Lonicera utahensis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lonicera utahensis at Wikispecies- The Nature Conservancy
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