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Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis var. australis Sierra juniper. California and westernmost Nevada, south of 40° 30' N latitude in the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Mountains. A medium-sized tree 12–26 m tall with a stout trunk up to 3 m diameter. Cones 5–9 mm diameter. Most plants dioecious, but about 5-10% are monoecious.
Olsmted Point, Tioga Road, Yosemite NP, CA.
Spotted on Sep 18, 2014
Submitted on Dec 24, 2014
8 Comments
Thanks for the notice Fyn :-)
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Thanks Ava! I love all these trees I saw in California. They are amazing!
Gorgeous series of a beautiful elder.
No..I saw the sign in the road when we were going down from Mono Lake but we were driving towards Kings Canyon that day with many km to cover so we could not go. But Idefinitely want to go back to all these places in US. There is so many beautiful things to see! :-)
Did you perhaps visit the ancient bristlecone pine forest while you were there?
Thanks Jae! :-)
Impressive trees. Great serie, Marta.