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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



Utah Juniper. 

 Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon. 



DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. 



Utah juniper inhabits only a small part of the Pacific region, its main range 

 lying east of this region. Commonly a low, very short-trunked, bushy, or many- 

 stemmed tree from 6 to 12 feet high and from 4 to 8 inches through near the 

 ground ; sometimes considerably thicker, and with a wide, rounded, rather open 



Fig. 73. — Juniperus utahensis: a, seed. 



crown of numerous, upright, crumpled limbs. The usually short trunk is apt to 

 be one-sided, with conspicuous hollows (or folds) and ridges. Its thin, whitish 

 bark is cut into long, thinnish scales. 



Minute, sharp, scale-like, pale yellowish-green leaves (fig. 73), generally 

 without a- pit (gland) on the back, are mostly in alternately opposite pairs, and 



