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British Columbia Outdoor Wilderness Guide  |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
JUNIPER
juniperus scopulorum
- The
Rocky Mountain Juniper's other common names:
Western Juniper, Rocky Mountain Red Cedar
UNIQUE
FEATURES:
- Rocky
Mountain Juniper often develop massed outgrowths
of branches called Witches' Brooms
- Rocky
Mountain Juniper is the only juniper that
grows to tree size
- Rocky
Mountain Juniper is a shrubby tree with an
irregularly rounded, wide, knotty and twisted
trunk
LOCATION:
- Rocky
Mountain Juniper appear mainly in southern
British Columbia but can be found scattered
throughout the province
- favours
dry rocky or sandy soils
- Rocky
Mountain Juniper is found in moist rocky canyon
bottoms, on dry, rocky southern facing ridges,
along lake and stream shores
SIZE:
- Rocky
Mountain Juniper can reach 13 metres in height
CONES:
- rounded,
small, fleshy and berry-like
- found
at the end of the branches
- green
when young, bright to dark blue with a whitish
bloom when mature
- have
a gin fragrance
- ripen
in second season, so can sometimes observe
two generations of cones on the same tree
NEEDLES/LEAVES:
- scale-like
- appear
in pairs, overlapping
- pale,
yellowish green when young, greyish-green
when mature
BARK:
- reddish-brown
- narrow,
flat ridges broken into thin, shredded stringy
strips
WOOD
CHARACTERISTICS:
- reddish
colour
- hard
and durable
- fine
grained, often knotty
- distinctive
odor
USES:
- modern
- carving, cooking, berries from certain species
flavour gin
- traditional
- wood: bows, clubs, spoons, carving; boughs:
disinfectant, air freshener, in sweat houses,
smoking hides; berries: tea, cooking
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