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Desert False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
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  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Jim Conrad | JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER. Written and issued from the woods edge near Natchez, Mississippi, USAhttp://www.backyardn...http://www.backyardn... | License: PD-author
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Jim Conrad | JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER. Written and issued from the woods edge near Natchez, Mississippi, USAhttp://www.backyardn...http://www.backyardn... | License: PD-author
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Alexander Dunkel | Botanical Garden Dresden (Germany) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Alexander Dunkel | Botanical Garden Dresden (Germany) | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Aung | photo | License: PD
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Alexander Dunkel | Botanical Garden Dresden (Germany) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Aung | photo | License: PD
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Alexander Dunkel | Botanical Garden Dresden (Germany) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Aung | photo | License: PD
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Alexander Dunkel | Botanical Garden Dresden (Germany) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dalgial | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Dehaan | Own work by uploader | License: CC-BY-3.0
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: English: This photography was created by Andrew Butko. Contact inf?rmation - e-mail: abutko@gmail.com. Other photos see here.???????: ??? ?????????? ?????? ?????? ?????. ?????????? ?????????? - e-mail: abutko@gmail.com. ?????? ?????????? ??. ?????. | selfmade photography | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: English: This photography was created by Andrew Butko. Contact inf?rmation - e-mail: abutko@gmail.com. Other photos see here.???????: ??? ?????????? ?????? ?????? ?????. ?????????? ?????????? - e-mail: abutko@gmail.com. ?????? ?????????? ??. ?????. | selfmade photography | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: English: This photography was created by Andrew Butko. Contact inf?rmation - e-mail: abutko@gmail.com. Other photos see here.???????: ??? ?????????? ?????? ?????? ?????. ?????????? ?????????? - e-mail: abutko@gmail.com. ?????? ?????????? ??. ?????. | selfmade photography | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (1862-1897) | Leguminosae. inEngelmann (ed.): Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. III, 3. | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
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  • Desert False Indigo (Amorpha Fruticosa) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-false-indigo-amorpha-fruticosa
    Credit: Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (1862-1897) | Leguminosae. inEngelmann (ed.): Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. III, 3. | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
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Amorpha Fruticosa, or more commonly know as Desert False Indigo, is a shrub with green foliage and white flowers of the genus Amorpha. It has a slow growth rate and a height of 18 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during late spring and is intolerant of shade. Amorpha Fruticosa or Desert False Indigo's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Amorpha
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Order: Fabales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
  • State Noxious Status: CT (PIB) WA (CBW NWSPQ)
  • State Noxious Common Name: CT (false indigo) WA (indigobush indigobush lead plant)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: STATE
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 2(FACW) 3(FACW+) 4(FACW) 5(OBL) 6(FACW) 7(FACW+) 8(FACW) 9(FACW) 0(FAC*)
  • Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
  • Allelopath: No
  • Bloat: None
  • C:N Ratio: High
  • Coppice Potential: Yes
  • Fall Conspicuous: No
  • Fire Resistance: No
  • Flower Color: White
  • Flower Conspicuous: No
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
  • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
  • Foliage Texture: Coarse
  • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
  • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
  • Growth Form: Multiple Stem
  • Growth Rate: Slow
  • Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 6
  • Height Mature (feet): 18
  • Leaf Retention: No
  • Lifespan: Moderate
  • Low Growing Grass: No
  • Nitrogen Fixation: Medium
  • Resprout Ability: No
  • Shape and Orientation: Climbing
  • Toxicity: Slight
  • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
  • Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
  • Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
  • Anaerobic Tolerance: None
  • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
  • Cold Stratification Required: Yes
  • Drought Tolerance: Medium
  • Fertility Requirement: Low
  • Fire Tolerance: Low
  • Frost Free Days Minimum: 100
  • Hedge Tolerance: Low
  • Moisture Use: Low
  • pH (Minimum): 5.5
  • pH (Maximum): 7.5
  • Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 700
  • Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 2700
  • Precipitation (Minimum): 18
  • Precipitation (Maximum): 65
  • Root Depth Minimum (inches): 24
  • Salinity Tolerance: Low
  • Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
  • Temperature Minimum (°F): -38
  • Bloom Period: Late Spring
  • Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
  • Fruit/Seed Abundance: High
  • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
  • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
  • Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
  • Propagated by Bulbs: No
  • Propagated by Container: Yes
  • Propagated by Corms: No
  • Propagated by Cuttings: No
  • Propagated by Seed: Yes
  • Propagated by Sod: No
  • Propagated by Sprigs: No
  • Propagated by Tubers: No
  • Seed per Pound: 77000
  • Seed Spread Rate: Rapid
  • Seedling Vigor: Medium
  • Small Grain: No
  • Vegetative Spread Rate: None





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