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The plants frequently bear numerous galls caused by the juniper tip midge Oligotrophus betheli (Bibionomorpha: Cecidomyiidae); these are conspicuous pale violet-purple, produced in clusters of 5–20 together, each gall 1–2 centimetres (3 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with dense modified spreading scale-leaves 6–10 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ...
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and are best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, jenever). A juniper-based spirit is made by fermenting juniper berries and water to create a "wine" that is then distilled.
This mistletoe parasitizes species of juniper, including Utah (Juniperus osteosperma), Rocky Mountain (J. scopulorum), and western juniper (J. occidentalis). [ 3 ] It is a shrub producing many erect and spreading yellow-green branches 20 to 40 centimeters long from a woody base where it attaches to its host tree, tapping the xylem for water and ...
This is a list of flora of Utah, a state in the western United States, listed alphabetically by family. As of 2018 [update] , there are 3,930 species of plants in Utah, with 3,128 of those being indigenous and 792 being introduced through various means.
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]
Ashe's juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) 61 Juniperus chinensis: Chinese juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus communis: common juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus drupacea: Syrian juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus excelsa: Greek juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus foetidissima: foetid juniper ...
Single-leaf pinyon–Utah juniper woodland in northeastern Nevada near Overland Pass at the south end of the Ruby Mountains. Pinyon–juniper woodland, also spelled piñon–juniper woodland, is a biome found mid-elevations in arid regions of the Western United States, characterized by being an open forest dominated by low, bushy, evergreen junipers, pinyon pines, and their associates.
The Jardine Juniper in 2011. The Jardine Juniper is an individual of the species Rocky Mountain juniper found within Logan Canyon in the Cache National Forest.Often credited with an age of over 3,000 years, [1] core samples taken in the 1950s revealed that it was around 1,500 years old.