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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.
Cedar Creek is likely named for California juniper (Juniperus californica), a small tree similar to Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) that is native to California, southern Nevada, and western Arizona. [6] [7]
North-facing high elevation slopes are studded with Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and California juniper (Juniperus californica). Within the wilderness grows one of the northernmost stands of Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia), at the base of the Inyo Mountains.
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.)
Joshua trees dominate the open spaces of the park, but in among the rock outcroppings are piñon pine, California juniper (Juniperus californica), Quercus turbinella (desert scrub oak), Quercus john-tuckeri (Tucker's oak), Quercus cornelius-mulleri (Muller's oak), [28] Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis (chuckwalla cholla), and Opuntia chlorotica ...
Little has been published on the flora and fauna of these mountains. A hiker's blog mentions Parkinsonia (palo verde) and Yucca. [5] The Calflora database lists Brassica tournefortii (Saharan mustard), Crossidium squamiferum, Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo), Grimmia orbicularis, Juniperus californica (California juniper), and Stillingia spinulosa (broad leaved stillingia). [6]
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.