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Label

Accession No. 00053 
Family Cupressaceae 
Species Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little
Common name "Utah juniper"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (1883)  07 May 1988
Geography United States,  Utah, Emery County
Lat./Long. 39°  5' 48" N, 110°  44 ' 59" W at 6248 feet (1904 m)
Locality San Rafael Swell, Wedge Overlook. 
Ecology pinyon-juniper community 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little
     Juniperus californica ssp. osteosperma (Torr.) E. Murr.
     Juniperus californica var. osteosperma (Torr.) L. Benson
     Juniperus californica osterosperma (Torr.) Little
     Juniperus californica var. utahensis Engelm.
     Juniperus knighti
     Juniperus knightii A. Nels.
     Juniperus megalocarpa Sudworth
     Juniperus monosperma var. knightii (A. Nels.) Lemmon
     Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis (Engelm.) Kent
     Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon
     Juniperus utahensis var. megalocarpa (Sudworth) Sarg.
     Sabina osteosperma (Torr.) Antoine
     Sabina utahensis (Engelm.) Rydb.

Common Name(s): Utah juniper.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=194859, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Coniferophyta
                    Class: Pinopsida
                        Order: Pinales
                            Family: Cupressaceae
                                Genus: Juniperus
                                    Species: Juniperus osteosperma
                                                                                    

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 00053s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 01342s2.jpg 
01342
 specimen image: 02063s2.jpg 
02063
 specimen image: 02146s2.jpg 
02146
 specimen image: 02173s2.jpg 
02173
specimen image: 03633s2.jpg 
03633
 specimen image: 13710s1.jpg 
13710

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
02879 Allium macropetalum      "large-flowered wild onion" 1.1 mi. W
00043 Boechera selbyi      "Selby's rockcress" same section
10938 Chamaechaenactis scaposa      "fullstem" 586 ft. E
03152 Collema tenax      "jelly lichen" same section
00063 Descurainia pinnata  var. osmiarum  same section
00064 Descurainia pinnata  var. osmiarum  same section
01823 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" same section
10936 Eremogone eastwoodiae      "Eastwood's sandwort" 586 ft. E
14562 Eriogonum shockleyi     810 ft. NW
10937 Hymenoxys acaulis  var. arizonica   "Arizona four-nerve daisy" 586 ft. E
10935 Penstemon carnosus      "fleshy beardtongue" 586 ft. E
14564 Phlox pulvinata     810 ft. NW
01822 Pinus edulis      "Colorado pinyon pine" same section
10939 Polygala subspinosa      "spiny milkwort" 586 ft. E
03165 Psora decipiens      "fishscale lichen" same section
00060 Streptanthella longirostris      "long-beaked streptanthella" same section
00042 Streptanthus cordatus  var. cordatus   "heart-leaf twistflower" 586 ft. E
00052 Streptanthus cordatus  var. cordatus   "heart-leaf twistflower" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Wedge Pond Number 4 (Lake) Emery County, UT 0.9 mi. N 6132  Sids Mountain 
Cane Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 1 mi. E   The Blocks 
Good Water Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 1 mi. E   Bottleneck Peak 
Little Grand Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 1 mi. E   Sids Mountain 
The Wedge Overlook (Locale) Emery County, UT 1.4 mi. NE 6178  Bottleneck Peak 
Virgin Spring Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 1.6 mi. SW   Sids Mountain 
Wedge Pond Number 2 (Lake) Emery County, UT 2.1 mi. W 5978  Sids Mountain 
Wedge Overlook (Locale) Emery County, UT 2.9 mi. N 5919  Buckhorn Reservoir 
The Wedge (Plain) Emery County, UT 3 mi. N 5968  Bob Hill Knoll 
Wedge Pond Number 1 (Lake) Emery County, UT 2.8 mi. N 5843  Buckhorn Reservoir 
Aldys Hole (Lake) Emery County, UT 3.3 mi. N 5889  Bob Hill Knoll 
Swazy Hole (Lake) Emery County, UT 3.7 mi. N 5725  Bob Hill Knoll 
Chalk Hills (Summit) Emery County, UT 3.4 mi. NW 5758  Buckhorn Reservoir 
Cloyds Pond (Lake) Emery County, UT 4 mi. N 5722  Buckhorn Reservoir 
Sids Mountain (Summit) Emery County, UT 4.1 mi. S 6457  Sids Mountain 
North Salt Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.4 mi. W   Short Canyon 
No Mans Mountain (Summit) Emery County, UT 4.4 mi. S 6526  Bottleneck Peak 
Furniture Draw (Valley) Emery County, UT 4.7 mi. N   Bob Hill Knoll 
Bottleneck Peak (Summit) Emery County, UT 4.2 mi. SE 6349  Bottleneck Peak 
Drought Relief Reservoir (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 5 mi. N 5588  Buckhorn Reservoir 

Links

Taxon Links for species Juniperus osteosperma  (Torr.) Little

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Juniperus+osteosperma

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