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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.
Which Southern California native plants survived climate change and mass extinctions 13,000 years ago and still live today? ... (Juniperus californica) Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum ...
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)
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.
Cupressaceae is a widely distributed conifer family, with a near-global range in all continents except for Antarctica, stretching from 70°N in arctic Norway (Juniperus communis) [3] to 55°S in southernmost Chile (Pilgerodendron uviferum), further south than any other conifer species. [4] Juniperus indica reaches 4930 m altitude in Tibet. [5]
Juniperus: junipers; Juniperus ashei: 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 californica var. utahensis Engelm. (1877) Juniperus cosnino Lemmon (1902) Juniperus knightii A.Nelson (1898) Juniperus megalocarpa Sudw. (1907) Juniperus monosperma var. knightii (A.Nelson) Lemmon (1900) Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis (Engelm.) A.H.Kent (1881) Juniperus tetragona var. osteosperma Torr. (1857) Juniperus ...
This list of flora of the Mojave Desert region includes the flora of the Mojave Desert and of the mountains that are encircled by the Mojave Desert.Some of this flora is well above the level of growth of Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Trees), the upper reaches of which defines the outline of the Mojave Desert.