TREES AND SHRUBS 23 



7,000 feet or more, if supplied with plenty of water and a 

 small amount of shade, and would be well worth the trouble. 



The Alligator Bark Juniper (Sabina pachyphloea) is 

 the ommon Juniper of the low mountains of the southern half 

 ous scale-like leaves, and rather large three- or four-seeded 

 fruits distinguish it readily from all other species. Attempts 

 to bring it into cultivation at the Experiment Station garden 

 have been but partially successful, but were sufficiently so to 

 indicate that the tree might be satisfactorily grown. 



The Cedar or Sabina (Sabina monosperma) is the com- 

 mon low tree of the drier mountain slopes of the northern part 

 of the State. It usually assumes a conical form, is 15 to 18 

 feet high in favorable conditions, widely branched and strag- 

 gling, and has small one-seeded bluish fleshy berries. Another 

 species very similar in appearance is Sabina utahensis, which 

 grows mostly in the northwestern part of the State and passes 



Cedar. Sabina. (Sabina monosperma) 



under the same names. It may be recognized by its larger 

 fruit, which is dry and fibrous when mature. Both of these 

 trees and the next species to be mentioned have fibrous or 

 "stringy" bark. All three of them should prove of decorative 

 value at elevations of 7,000 feet or over. 



The Cedro (Sabina scopulorum) is a beautiful though 

 small tree with dark green foliage and slender branches, 



