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The Bennett Juniper is the largest known juniper tree in the United States. [1] It is located in Section 5, Township 5 North, Range 20 east of the Mount Diablo meridian , [ 2 ] on an inholding in the Stanislaus National Forest in Tuolumne County, California .
The Forgotten Winchester is a Winchester Model 1873 lever-action centerfire rifle that archaeologists discovered in 2014 leaning against a juniper tree in Great Basin National Park, N National Park Service photo of the Forgotten Winchester rifle leaning against the tree where it was discovered in 2014
Less than two years before the Strawberry Fire, a National Park Service archaeologist found a 134-year-old Winchester rifle leaning against a juniper tree near Strawberry Creek Campground. The tree was destroyed by the fire. [16]
The ancient Bennett Juniper was threatened by the fire, which came within half a mile, [13] [14] [15] but the fire front stabilized after sustained ground and air attacks, and by the evening of August 14, it was no longer advancing toward the tree. [16] On October 1, 2018, InciWeb reported minimal fire activity. [1]
Juniperus grandis is a medium-sized tree, growing to 12–26 metres (39–85 feet) tall. It has a stout trunk with red-brown bark, growing up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter. [1] The whorled leaves are scale-like and closely appressed.
-Between 2007-2011, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 230 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year. These fires caused an average of 6 deaths, 22 injuries, and $18.3 ...
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus (/ dʒ uː ˈ n ɪ p ər ə s / joo-NIP-ər-əs) [1] of the cypress family Cupressaceae.Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far south as tropical Africa, including the Arctic, parts of Asia, and Central America.
Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae. An evergreen conifer , it has the largest geographical range of any woody plant , with a circumpolar distribution throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere .