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Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



143. Alligator juniper. 



144. Utah juniper. 



145. Western juniper. 



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Principal uses: Fence posts, fuel, lumber. Shelterbelts and ornamental. 



143. ALLIGATOR JUNIPER, Juniperus deppeana Steud. (western juniper [lumber]; /. 

 pachyphloea Torr.). 



Medium-sized tree of southwestern United States and Mexico. Bark gray, thick, deeply 

 furrowed into checkered or square plates. Leafy twigs %2 to %6 inch in diameter. Leaves 

 scalelike, He inch long, blue green, glandular, often with whitish drops of resin, or on 

 leading shoots needlelike, up to ^4 inch long, pale or whitish. "Berry" /a inch in diameter, 

 bluish or brownish, bloomy, 4-seeded, maturing the second year. 



Principal uses: Fuel and fence posts. 



144. UTAH JUNIPER, Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little (western juniper [lumber]; 

 /. utahensis (Engelm.) Lemm. ). 



Small tree of Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions. Bark gray, fibrous and shreddy. 

 Leafy twigs stout, about M.6 inch or less in diameter. Leaves Vie inch or more in length, 

 yellow green. "Berry" J4 to l /z inch in diameter, brownish, bloomy, with 1 or 2 seeds. 



Principal uses : Fence posts, fuel, and interior finish. 



145. WESTERN JUNIPER, Juniperus occidentalis Hook, (western juniper [lumber], Sierra 

 juniper). 



Small to medium-sized tree of Pacific coast region. Bark reddish brown, furrowed 

 and shreddy. Leafy twigs stout, %e inch or more in diameter. Leaves scalelike, Vie inch 

 or more in length, glandular. "Berry" *4 inch in diameter, bluish black, with 2 or 3 seeds. 



Principal uses : Fence posts, fuel, pencils. 



ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) 



AA (A on p. 799). Trees nonresinous, with leaves broad, shedding in fall in most species 

 (evergreen in some oaks, tanoak, golden chinquapin, California-laurel, palms, etc.) ; 

 seeds enclosed in a fruit ANGIOSPERMS (flowering plants). 



Q. Leaves parallel-veined, evergreen, clustered at top of trunk or large branches ; trunk 

 with woody portions irregularly distributed, without clear distinction of bark and 

 wood, and without annual rings MONOCOTYLEDONS (palms, yuccas, etc.; omitted 

 here) . 



