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Juniperus californica is a shrub or small tree reaching 3–8 meters (10–26 feet), but rarely up to 10 m (33 ft) tall. The bark is ashy gray, typically thin, and appears to be "shredded". [5]
The juvenile leaves (on young seedlings only) are needle-like, 5–10 mm long. The cones are berry-like, 8–20 mm in diameter, green maturing brown, and contain 6-12 seeds (the most seeds per cone of any juniper); they are mature in about 18 months. The male cones are 3–5 mm long, and shed their pollen in spring.
Riverside: 4: Andreas Canyon: January 8, 1973 : Address Restricted: Palm Springs: 5: Archeological Sites CA-RIV-504 and CA-RIV-773: March 12, 2003 : Address Restricted: Blythe: 6: Arlington Branch Library and Fire Hall: Arlington Branch Library and Fire Hall: July 22, 1993 : 9556 Magnolia Ave.
Jurupa Valley, Riverside: The crossing occurred between what is now the cities of Riverside, on the southwest side of the river, and Jurupa Valley. A memorial to the crossing has been placed in the Martha McLean – Anza Narrows park in the city of Riverside. Camp Coxcomb at Desert Training Center: 985: Camp Coxcomb at Desert Training Center
Joshua trees in snow, near Lancaster, California. The Antelope Valley is home to a wide range of plants and animals. This includes hundreds of plants such as the California juniper, Joshua tree, California scrub oak, creosote, and wildflowers, notably the California poppy. Winter brings much-needed rain, which slowly penetrates the area's dry ...
A grove of namesake Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park On August 10, 1936, after Minerva Hoyt and others persuaded the state and federal governments to protect the area, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the power of the 1906 Antiquities Act to establish Joshua Tree National Monument, [ 19 ] protecting about 825,000 acres (1,289.1 sq ...
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.
Juniperus scopulorum is a small evergreen tree that in favorable conditions may reach as much as 20 metres (66 feet) in height. [4] However, on sites with little water or intense sun it will only attain shrub height, and even those that reach tree size will more typically be 4.6–6.1 metres (15–20 feet) tall in open juniper woodlands. [5]