Juniperus deppeana alligator juniper in the magdalena. A medium sized tree with dark brown to nearly black bark formed into distintive rectangular plates. But a distinctive juniper usually not found above 6,000 feet is growing at the botanical garden at museum hill it is the alligator juniper, or juniperus deppeana. Foliage dull graygreen with a transparent or yellowish resin spot on each leaf. The needles and berries have a bright and clean, somewhat lemony scent.
In florida, only red cedar juniperus virginiana is native, while others are used. Xylem cavitation caused by drought and freezing stress in. Juniperus deppeana, alligatorjuniper, southwest desert flora. Shrubs and other large perennials are diverse and may include parry agave agave parryi. Richard felger kelly kindscher university of arizona. They found the consumption of juniper foliage varied inversely with the total oil yields among these three species. Pdf infraspecific adjustments in juniperus deppeana. May 08, 2005 view picture of alligator juniper juniperus deppeana at daves garden. University of arizona tucson, az, ruth bancroft garden walnut creek, ca, stanford university arboretum stanford, ca, santa fe botanic garden santa fe, nm, biopark botanic garden albuquerque, nm. It is in leaf all year, in flower from february to march, and the seeds ripen from october to november.
Juniperus deppeana alligator juniper 7 9 1 3, 10 12 9 1 malus sp. This document is enh482, one of a series of the environmental horticulture department, ufifas extension. Media in category juniperus deppeana the following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total. Buy alligator juniper juniperus deppeana 10 seeds online. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Breeding habitat of the mexican spotted owl in the tularosa. Compatible dominant height site index model for juniper. Sassklaassen and others published treering analysis. Juniperus deppeana is a small to mediumsized tree reaching 1015 m rarely to 25 m tall. Alligator juniper cupressaceae tree gray, alligatorlike bark.
A juniperus deppeana in stanford university arboretum is registered as a california big tree. Juniperus monosperma oneseed juniper andor juniperus deppeana alligator juniper juniperus scopulorum rocky mountain juniper at higher elevations if youre working in central new mexico, youll have. Shrubs and other large perennials are diverse and may include parry agave agave parryi, mountain mahogany cercocarpus breviflorus. The caterpillars live in the bag and emerge from one end to eat foliage. The plants database includes the following 31 species of juniperus. As they grow, bagworms add to this bag, which can measure up to two inches long. Description tree reinstated after waltonemersonwright tree was remeasured and was found to be fewer points. This was the accepted name until dna sequencing nrdna and trnctrnd showed that gamboana trees fall within a clade that includes the other varieties of j. Disjunct and continuous populations of juniperus deppeana from the southwest united states, mexico and guatemala were analyzed by dna fingerprinting rapd and the results compared with dna sequence data from the literature.
Juniperus deppeana environmental horticulture university of. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the arctic, south to tropical africa, from ziarat, pakistan, east to eastern tibet in the old world, and in the mountains of. Identification key to the cypress family cupressaceae1. One seed juniper cupressaceae tree shaggy, stringy bark. Terminal whips long 15 30 cm and pendulous, all or nearly all leaves on adult plants juvenile decurrent, or whip type. Figure 4 shows the proposed postpleistocene recolonization of the northern portion of the range of j. Gutibrrez department of wildlife, humboldt state university, arcata, ca 95521 abstract.
Juniperus expanded into the drying, higher elevation habitats that it occupies today. View picture of alligator juniper juniperus deppeana at daves garden. Pure organic, wild harvested and unsprayed essential oils. Juniperus deppeana steudel alligator juniper family. Cupressaceae alligator juniper alligator juniper is one species of about 50 in the genus juniperus, native to north america 14, central america 11, west indies 5, bermuda 1 and the old world 25. Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus juniperus d. Summer birds of the rincon mountains, saguaro national. Juniperus monosperma oneseed juniper, oneseed juniper. Vascular plants of the gila wilderness juniperus deppeana. Service, intermountain research station, fire sciences laboratory, missoula, mt. It measures 25 feet high, with a trunk circumference of 65 inches and a crown spread of 32 feet.
Pdf treering analysis of juniperus excelsa from the northern. Revista chapingo serie ciencias forestales y del ambiente, 21 1, 97108. Pdf reexamination of the taxonomy of juniperus flaccida var. Redberry juniper cupressaceae tree shaggy, stringy bark. We studied nest and roost habitat characteristics of mexican spotted owls strix occidentalis zucida in the tularosa mountains, new mexico. Westside waterwise we can find our waterwise plants in many categories, but especially in. Manual to accompany the map of potential vegetation of the conterminous united states. It is in leaf all year, in flower from february to march, and the seeds ripen from october to. Juniperus deppeana is an evergreen tree growing to 18 m 59ft 1in at a slow rate. The similar redberry juniper juniperus coahuilensis has bright redbrown cones, while alligator juniper juniperus deppeana has bark patterned like an alligators back. Alligator juniper hybridizes with oneseed juniper j. The adult leaves are mostly scalelike, similar to those of cupressus species, in opposite pairs or whorls of three, and the juvenile needlelike leaves are not jointed at the base including in the few that have only needlelike leaves. Native american clarification needed names include tascate and tlascal is a small to mediumsized tree reaching 1015 m rarely to 25 m tall. In foreground is a wet meadow of grass and sedge surrounded by tall bracken.
Adams and schwarzbach 2006 provide the following key to the varieties and formae of j. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Plant it on 15 to 20 foot centers to form a solid blue screen. Juniperus deppeana aligator juniper pfaf plant database. Mountainous areas over 4500 elevation, associates with other junipers and pinyon pines.
Junipers provide many uses to satisfy different needs in the landscape. Juniperus deppeanamcfetter mcfetter alligator juniper page 3 pest resistance. The word juniperus is the classical latin name, while the word deppeana is in honor of ferdinand deppe. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about alligator juniper juniperus deppeana supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. Alligator juniper elmore and janish 1976, mountain, thickbark, oakbarked, or checkerbarked cedar peattie 1950, cedro, cedro chino in puebla, sabino, tascate in chihuahua and durango, tlascal or tlaxcal in hidalgo, huata, agoriza in sonora, abori, aori, awari, aworiki, kawari, koari, petcalawa, waaka tarahumar people of. Juniperus deppeana name synonyms juniperus deppeana f. Pinus edulis colorado pinyon juniperus monosperma oneseed juniper. Juniperus deppeana, berberis barberry photos by neil bell. This page was last edited on 20 january 2015, at 19. Plants profile for juniperus deppeana alligator juniper. This juniper has strong mucolytic, antiinflammatory, antifungal and antiviral properties.
Alligator juniper juniperus deppeana american forests. Alligator juniper wood essential oil vintage stillpoint. The flowers are dioecious individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant. Berries are actually fleshy cones and are eaten by birds. Juniperus deppeana metadata this file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Santa feans are very familiar with the oneseed juniper juniperus monosperma that adorns much of our terrain. Flowering crabapple 4 8 1 11, 14 21 8 2 parkinsonia florida blue palo verde 8 11 8 14, 18 20. Compatible dominant height site index model for juniper juniperus deppeana steud. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 377371 with original publication details.
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