#junipers

[thewolfnessphotography]

Autumn at Juniper Valley

Lithuania

[adventurealldays]

[namedafterflowerstournament]

OH MY GOODNESS I WISH IW PULDVE FOUND THIS BLOG SOONER I COULD’VE SUBMITTED MYSELF

A few people had commented about seeing their names here and honestly ? You're all too great to be put in a bracket. I couldn't let you sweep all the polls, that doesn't seem fair to the others.

Keep being the coolest plant in the room, you all !

[aisling-saoirse]

Poison Spide Trail, Moab - May 22nd 2023

[newtsnaturethings]

Mixed juniper forest

Junipers are tough, hardy little conifer trees and are masters of the “well nothing else can live here but I can” strategy. They are quite widespread and live in dry, scrub ecosystems in a range of elevations and tend to do quite well for themselves there (sometimes to the detriment of other species tbh).

They have either needle-like or scale-like leaves, depending on the species. Some species even have both and can vary based on maturity or environmental conditions.

They also have seed bearing cones that vaguely resemble a small fruit (the “juniper berries”), meaning they’ve basically co opted the seed dispersal strategy primarily used by angiosperms (meaning animals will consume and disperse the seeds)

Well done junipers. Keep it up

[7rashstar]

12-05-21

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Stormy Spring Equinox