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Index of Subjects Burkhard, Quite a few references to Juniper of other species describe the leaves as having two forms. Juvenile growth is small and needle shaped. Mature leaves form small, overlapping scales. I looked around online and saw a couple of comparison photos of this in Google image search. I expect the same applies to Creeping Juniper. regards, Bev On 3/30/19, Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello fellow botanists, > > while walking today in the Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve, along > the coast, between granite outcrops in the coastal barrens, I found > these two twigs on the same plant (photo at iNaturalist, > https://inaturalist.ca/observations/21797238). > > To me, the smaller one is clearly creeping juniper. The larger twig > looks different, and further on the trail, there were many places > where both forms were growing on the same plant. The scaly form was > more frequent, the spiny form restricted to locations where the twig > was less exposed (between other plants, off the barren granite). > > Any comments/info appreciated. > Burkhard >
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