CREEPING JUNIPER 
Juniperus horizontalis Moench 
The shotes of the Saskatchewan River, A lbetta, ate often sandy, and 
along them we found many shrubs of creeping juniper with quan- 
tities of blue berries adorning their branches. The plant flourished in 
spite of the blowing sands, which in these places discourage all but 
the hardiest vegetation. Creeping juniper is similar in foliage to the 
familiar red cedar of the East, but in habit it is very different, gtow- 
ing usually as a dense mat, flat upon the ground. 
Creeping juniper has a wide range from northern New York, 
Maine, and Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Wyoming, Alberta, and British 
Columbia. 
The branch sketched grew at an altitude of 5,000 feet. 
PLATE 379 
