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Sierra Juniper
Sierra juniper is a common name for several species of juniper and may refer to: *''Juniperus grandis'', endemic to the western United States *''Juniperus occidentalis ''Juniperus occidentalis'', known as the western juniper, is a shrub or tree native to the Western United States, growing in mountains at altitudes of and rarely down to . It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because it is a widesp ...'', native to the western United States {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juniper
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa, throughout parts of West Asia, western, Central Asia, central and South Asia, southern Asia, east to eastern Tibet in the Old World, and in the mountains of Central America. The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of in southeastern Tibet and the northern Himalayas, creating one of the highest tree lines on earth. Description Junipers vary in size and shape from tall trees, tall, to columnar or low-spreading shrubs with long, trailing branches. They are evergreen with needle-like and/or scale-like leaves. They can be either monoecious or dioecious. The female Conifer cone, seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form Juniper berry, a&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juniperus Grandis
''Juniperus grandis'', known as Sierra juniper, Sierra western juniper, and western juniper, is a tree or tall shrub that is endemic to the Western United States. It is sometimes considered a variety or subspecies of ''Juniperus occidentalis'', which is also known as western juniper. Description ''Juniperus grandis'' is a medium-sized tree, growing to tall. It has a stout trunk with red-brown bark, growing up to in diameter. The whorled leaves are scale-like and closely appressed. Most plants are dioecious, but about 5–10% are monoecious. Its fleshy and berry-like cones are in diameter. Its pollination period is May and June. The seeds are wingless. Based on dendrochronological evidence from the 2,675-year-old Scofield Juniper, Sierra junipers are the fourth longest-lived tree species after the Great Basin bristlecone pine, alerce and giant sequoia. Juniperus occidentalis australis foliage.jpg, Leaves Juniper berries lush.jpg, Berry-like cones JuniperBark.JPG, Bark Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
