[NatureNS] Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

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Great sighting!
You have two native junipers, "the scaly one" is* Juniperus horizontalis, *"the
spiny one*"* is
*Juniperus communis. *
See the NS Museum document for its range:
https://ojs.library.dal.ca/NSM/article/view/4873/4390
Not often are you able to see both on the same walk, usually somewhere
coastal in NS.

Cheers, George Forsyth

On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 18:29, 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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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Great sighting!<br>=
</div>You have two native junipers, &quot;the scaly one&quot; is<span class=
=3D"gmail-st"><em> Juniperus horizontalis, </em>&quot;the spiny one<em>&quo=
t;</em> is <i>Juniperus communis. <br></i></span></div><div><span class=3D"=
gmail-st">See the NS Museum document for its range:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:/=
/ojs.library.dal.ca/NSM/article/view/4873/4390"> https://ojs.library.dal.ca=
/NSM/article/view/4873/4390</a><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"gmail-s=
t">Not often are you able to see both on the same walk, usually somewhere c=
oastal in NS.<br><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"gmail-st">Cheers, Geo=
rge Forsyth<br></span></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div=
 class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 18:29, Burkhard Pl=
ache &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:burkhardplache@gmail.com">burkhardplache@gmail.c=
om</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote=
">Hello fellow botanists,<br>
<br>
while walking today in the Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve, along<br>
the coast, between granite outcrops in the coastal barrens,=C2=A0 I found<b=
r>
these two twigs on the same plant (photo at iNaturalist,<br>
<a target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer" href=3D"https://inaturalist.ca/obse=
rvations/21797238">https://inaturalist.ca/observations/21797238</a>).<br>
<br>
To me, the smaller one is clearly creeping juniper. The larger twig<br>
looks different, and further on the trail, there were many places<br>
where both forms were growing on the same plant. The scaly form was<br>
more frequent, the spiny form restricted to locations where the twig<br>
was less exposed (between other plants, off the barren granite).<br>
<br>
Any comments/info appreciated.<br>
Burkhard<br>
</blockquote></div>

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