weedwatcher's Identifications

Habitat Notes
Habitat type/Plant community: part of a landscape plant on the edge of a neighbor’s house.
Elevation: 3,900
Soils: loam soil
Disturbance: Low disturbance, the tree has grown through/around a fence.
Land Use: Edge of a propriety. Features Description:
Growth form/habit: a large, mature and old tree.
Leaf arrangement/leaf type: whorled leaves that are spiny and needle like
Armature: none.
Flower type/parts: none. They produce only seeds.
Fruit type: not present. produce a juniper berry that turns blue in species when mature. only old dry berries present.
Pubescence: no
Roots: Produces very deep taproots that can penetrate 25 feet down into the ground and produce lateral roots outward of 100 feet from the tree.
Litter present around the tree that consists of pasty years material consisting of old dried berries and sticks.