Editing Utah (section)

===Vegetation===
{{main|List of flora of Utah}}
[[File:FallPando02.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pando (tree)|Pando]], considered one of the heaviest and oldest organisms on Earth.<ref name="MittonGrant1996">{{cite journal |last1=Mitton |first1=Jeffry B. |last2=Grant |first2=Michael C. |title=Genetic Variation and the Natural History of Quaking Aspen |journal=BioScience |date=1996 |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=25–31 |doi=10.2307/1312652 |doi-access=free |jstor=1312652 | issn = 0006-3568 }}</ref><ref name="mock et al 2008">{{Cite journal|last1=Mock|first1=K. E.|last2=Rowe|first2=C. A.|last3=Hooten|first3=M. B.|last4=Dewoody|first4=J.|last5=Hipkins|first5=V. D.|date=November 2008|title=Clonal dynamics in western North American aspen (Populus tremuloides)|journal=Molecular Ecology|language=en|volume=17|issue=22|pages=4827–4844|doi=10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03963.x|pmid=19140975|bibcode=2008MolEc..17.4827M |s2cid=1425039}}</ref>]]
[[File:Mojave2.jpg|thumb|[[Yucca brevifolia|Joshua trees]], [[yucca]]s, and [[Cylindropuntia|cholla]] cactus occupy the far southwest corner of the state in the [[Mojave Desert]]]]
Several thousand plants are native to Utah,<ref name="udwr-plants">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/SearchSelection.asp?Group=PLANT&Species=PLANT |title=Plants |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525085006/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/SearchSelection.asp?Group=PLANT&Species=PLANT |url-status=dead }}</ref> including a variety of trees, shrubs, cacti, herbaceous plants, and grasses. {{As of|2018}}, there are 3,930 species of plants in Utah, with 3,128 of those being indigenous and 792 being introduced through various means.<ref name="sltrib 20180507 myrtle invasive">{{cite web |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/05/07/how-a-waterwise-ornamental-plant-has-taken-over-wasatch-foothills/ |title=How a 'waterwise' ornamental plant has taken over Wasatch foothills |first=Brian |last=Maffly |date=May 7, 2018 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |work=[[Salt Lake Tribune]] |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721220511/https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/05/07/how-a-waterwise-ornamental-plant-has-taken-over-wasatch-foothills/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Common trees include pines/piñons ([[Abies concolor|white fir]], [[Pinus edulis|Colorado]], [[Pinus monophylla|single-leaf]], [[Pinus longaeva|Great Basin bristlecone]], [[Pinus ponderosa|ponderosa]], [[Picea engelmannii|Engelmann spruce]], [[Pinus flexilis|Rocky Mountain white]]), and [[Acer grandidentatum]], [[Populus tremuloides|quaking aspen]], [[Acer grandidentatum|bigtooth maple]], [[Juniperus osteosperma|Utah juniper]], [[Alnus incana|speckled alder]], [[Betula occidentalis|red birch]], [[Gambel oak]], [[Chilopsis linearis|desert willow]], [[blue spruce]], and [[Yucca brevifolia|Joshua trees]]. Utah has a number of named trees, including the [[Jardine Juniper]], [[Pando (tree)|Pando]],<ref name="MittonGrant1996"/><ref name="mock et al 2008"/> and the [[Thousand Mile Tree]]. Shrubs include a number of different [[Ephedra (medicine)|ephedra]]s ([[Ephedra aspera|pitamoreal]], [[Ephedra cutleri|Navajo]], [[Ephedra fasciculata|Arizona]], [[Ephedra nevadensis|Nevada]], [[Ephedra torreyana|Torrey's jointfir]], and [[Ephedra viridis|green Mormon tea]]), sagebrushes ([[Artemisia arbuscula|little]], [[Artemisia bigelovii|Bigelow]], [[Artemisia cana|silver]], [[Artemisia michauxiana|Michaux's wormwood]], [[Artemisia nova|black]], [[Artemisia pygmaea|pygmy]], [[Artemisia spinescens|bud]], and [[Artemisia tridentata|Great Basin]]), [[Sambucus cerulea|blue elderberry]], [[Amelanchier utahensis|Utah serviceberry]], [[Prunus virginiana|chokecherry]], and [[Rhus trilobata|skunkbush sumac]]. [[Toxicodendron diversilobum|Western poison oak]], [[Toxicodendron vernix|poison sumac]], and [[Toxicodendron rydbergii|western poison ivy]] are all found in Utah.<ref name="utah-health 20140701">{{cite web|url=https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2014/07/070214_poisonous-plants.php|title=Protect Yourself From Poisonous Plants|author=University of Utah Health Office of Public Affairs|date=July 1, 2014|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-date=October 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003034708/https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2014/07/070214_poisonous-plants.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are many varieties of cacti in Utah's varied deserts, especially in the southern and western parts of the state. Some of these include [[Opuntia engelmannii|desert prickly pear]], [[Ferocactus cylindraceus|California barrel cactus]], [[Mammillaria tetrancistra|fishhook cactus]], [[Cylindropuntia|cholla]], [[Opuntia basilaris|beavertail prickly pear]], and [[Sclerocactus wetlandicus|Uinta Basin hookless cactus]]. Despite the desert climate, many different grasses are found in Utah, including [[Eriocoma arida|Mormon needlegrass]], [[Pseudoroegneria spicata|bluebunch wheatgrass]], [[Puccinellia simplex|western alkali grass]], [[Elymus elymoides|squirreltail]], [[Distichlis spicata|desert saltgrass]], and [[Bromus tectorum|cheatgrass]].

Several invasive species of plants are considered [[noxious weed]]s by the state, including [[Cynodon dactylon|Bermuda grass]], [[Convolvulus|field bindweed]], [[Hyoscyamus niger|henbane]], [[Aegilops cylindrica|jointed goatgrass]], [[Cirsium arvense|Canada thistle]], [[Linaria dalmatica|Balkan]] and [[Linaria vulgaris|common toadflax]], [[Arundo donax|giant cane]], [[Elymus repens|couch grass]], [[Hypericum perforatum|St. John's wort]], [[Conium maculatum|hemlock]], [[Imperata cylindrica|sword grass]], [[Elaeagnus angustifolia|Russian olive]], [[Euphorbia myrsinites|myrtle spurge]], [[Reynoutria japonica|Japanese knotweed]], [[Tamarix ramosissima|salt cedar]], and [[Tribulus terrestris|goat's head]].<ref name="utah official noxious weed list">{{cite web |url=https://ag.utah.gov/farmers/plants-industry/noxious-weed-control-resources/state-of-utah-noxious-weed-list/ |title=State of Utah Noxious Weed List |date=June 6, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |publisher=Utah Department of Agriculture and Food |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122094445/https://ag.utah.gov/farmers/plants-industry/noxious-weed-control-resources/state-of-utah-noxious-weed-list/ |url-status=live}}</ref>