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TREES AND SHRUBS 



It has been introduced into cultivation in a few places in south- 

 ern New Mexico and does well, though a very slow grower. 

 It grows native in the mountains of the southwestern corner. 

 The scales of the mature cone are dry and woody, the cone is 

 approximately spherical and about % inch in diameter. The 

 leaves are so arranged as to make the stems appear flat, some- 

 what after the style of an arborvitae. The tree promises to be 

 of value for decorative purposes at the lower levels. 



The Siberian Juniper (Jutuperus siberica) is a low 

 shrub less than 3 feet high, with dark green leaves and dark 

 bluish-black pulpy one-seeded "berries." It grows only on the 





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Aligator-bark Juniper. (Sabina pachyphloea) 



high mountain peaks near timber line in the northern part of 

 the State. It could probably be cultivated at elevations of 



