| Lonicera utahensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Lonicera |
| Species: | L. utahensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lonicera utahensis | |
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.
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]
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]
This plant can be used as an ornamental and in revegetation efforts. [3] The berry is considered edible. [2]
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