Utah junipers

[SteveW]

Juniperus osteosperma

Utah juniper is usually a bushy tree in appearance, with a rounded crown and a trunk that is many-forked or occasionally with a central dominant trunk. It has an extensive root system the enables it to vigorously compete for moisture. Mature trees are usually less than 30 feet high. Utah juniper can live to be 650 years old.

Utah juniper is common on dry plains, plateaus, and the lower elevation of the mountains of the state. Its elevation ranges between 4,000 and 7,500 feet. It is common in elevations below pinyon pine, and above the sagebrush-grass zone.

Utah juniper commonly grows on alluvial fans and dry, rocky hillsides, with shallow, alkaline soils. Utah juniper is considered a "sodium-sensitive" species. Utah juniper is found on a range of soil textures, but most often on gravelly loams and gravelly clay loams with a pH range of 7.4 to 8.0.

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[Corymbia]

Thanks for the pics Steve. Great inspiration for those carvers amongst us.

Jan

[Jdceng]

Hi Steve

Can you please bring me the third one back

Hope you both are having fun

[lackhand]

Great trees, thanks for sharing!

[SteveW]

JC
Sorry, you will have to grow your own. Should only take a hundred years or so.

These babies must be several hundred years old at least. Most are growing on one side of the trunk, to make the wide, thin, shari'ed trunks.

Note the dead wood is silver, grey, not stark white - hint to put dye in lime sulphur, and or torch the wood to add charring.

[kcpoole]

Thanks Steve, Great inspiration

Ken