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above, lustrous-green beneath; berry-like 

 cones, blue and glaucous, subglobose or 

 oblong about i of an inch in diameter. 



On dry hills and stony slopes throughout 

 the region. 



A depressed, creeping shrub sel- 

 Juniperus 

 prostrata dom more than a foot high, with 



Pers. spreading branches; bark gray- 



Shrubby ish-brown ; leaves scale-like, ap- 



.Red Cedar. pressed> 4 _ ran k e d, acute, with 



a short spiny point; berry-like cones, light 

 blue and glaucous, a third of an inch in 

 diameter. 



On dry stony ground and slopes through- 

 out the Rockies. 



Thuja A tree frequently 200 feet high 



plicata Don. with a broad, gradually tapering 

 Giant Cedar, buttressed base sometimes 15 

 feet in diameter; branches short, horizontal, 

 usually pendulous at the ends, bright yellow- 

 green during the first year, becoming reddish 

 brown and lustrous; bark thin, cinnamon- 



