Utah vegetation types (source: USU-NBS-GAP)
  Hectares % of total
    state area
Forests   25.8%
Spruce and subalpine fir 428,360 1.9%
Ponderosa pine 193,098 0.9%
Lodgepole pine 109,901 0.5%
Douglas fir 184,994 0.8%
Mixed conifer 964,166 4.4%
Mixed forest 367,397 1.7%
Pinyon-juniper 2,951,242 13.4%
Aspen 464,127 2.1%
Shrub and grassland   49.8%
Mountain shrub 824,736 3.8%
Desert scrub 23,804 0.1%
Meadow 340,660 1.5%
Mountain forb 115,700 0.5%
Grass 1,380,237 6.3%
Grass Mix 1,000,123 4.5%
Grass Mix 2,470,315 11.2%
Sagebrush 4,784,456 21.8%
Desert   8.2%
Salt desert shrub 1,112,853 5.1%
Blackbrush 667,547 3.0%
Creosote bush 18,426 0.1%
Other   16.3%
Open water 864,280 3.9%
Barren (?) 1,474,861 6.7%
Agriculture 864,847 3.9%
Urban 38,491 0.2%
Residential 120,382 0.5%
Riparian 217,812 1.0%