A NEW SPECIES OF JUNIPER FOR 



TEXAS 



BY 

 GEORGE B. SUDWORTH 



Dendrologist, Bureau of Forestry 



C 1 LEVEN species of junipers, or of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific 



** "cedars" as they are more com- regions. With few exceptions, they 



monly called, are indigenous to the are trees of poor dry soils, often the 



United States. Two inhabit the east- only growth on elevated plains 



Fig. 1. Jiiiiipi'i-nx I'iiK-lintl, Showing Habit of Growth. 



ern half of the country, one extends and slopes far distant from the timber 



across the continent, while the remain- forests at higher altitudes. 



der are distributed for the most part Two of the eastern species have 



over dry foothills, mesas, and slopes reddish heartwood which is exception- 



