YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 



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CEDAR JUNIPER 



Cedar (Juniperus scopulorum). Like the limber 

 pine, the cedar is a tree of the lower levels, being 

 abundant around Mammoth Hot Springs but prac- 

 tically unknown on the park plateau. It occurs mix- 

 ed with the limber pine on the hot springs formation 

 and the surrounding hills, and also extends alone out 

 on the drier slopes. It is a grotesque and crooked 

 tree, with a gray bark that comes off in shreds. The 

 leaves are very tiny and scale-like, and are pressed 

 close to the twigs, completely covering them so that 

 the wood can not be seen. The fruit is a blue or pur- 

 plish berry, covered with a waxy white "bloom." 



Juniper (Juniperus sibirica). Possibly this spe- 

 cies should not be listed among the trees of the Yellow- 

 stone, for although it reaches tree size elsewhere, in 

 the Park it remains a mere sprawling shrub. Its 

 range is about the same as that of the limber pine and 

 the cedar; an especially good place for observing it 

 is on the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs. Its 

 leaves grow in much the same fashion as those of the 

 cedar, but are sharp and needle-like. The fruit is 

 quite similar to that of the cedar, averaging perhaps 

 a trifle larger. 



