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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 shoots [ which? ] are fairly thick compared to most junipers , between 1.5 and 2 millimeters ( 1 ⁄ 16 and 3 ⁄ 32 inch) in diameter.
The park protects mature stands of Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and California juniper trees (Juniperus californica) in their western Mojave Desert habitat. The park is located in northern Los Angeles County, 20 miles (32 km) west of downtown Lancaster and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.
Southern California black walnut (Juglans californica) California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) Box elder (Acer negundo) Willow (Salix sp.) Grasses/rushes . Sedge (Carex sp.) Spikerush (Eleocharis sp.)
California nutmeg (Torreya californica) Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) Port Orford cedar-Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) White fir (Abies concolor) - at high elevations; Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Red fir (Abies magnifica) Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)
The higher elevation Madrean Sky Islands are dominated by pinyon pine and California juniper (Juniperus californica), with areas of Manzanita and Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri). More than half of the Colorado Desert's plant species are herbaceous annuals, and appropriately timed winter rains produce abundant early Spring wildflowers. In the ...
alligator juniper (Juniperus deppeana) Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica) California juniper (Juniperus californica) Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) redberry juniper (Juniperus coahuilensis) Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) táscate espinosa (Juniperus durangensis) Tecate cypress (Cupressus forbesii) Utah juniper ...
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.
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