walking along
Sierra Juniper
This Juniper is on a granite knoll a few hundred yards beyond the top of Horsetail Falls In Desolation Valley Wilderness. Pyramid and Agassiz Peaks to the left.
Day hiking the falls, on numerous occasions, I'd noticed this knoll and tree. On a Friday afternoon, after a half day of work, I climbed the falls with a backpack (a bit rough) and camped on a small crushed granite flat about where I am standing. There are great views all around. The next day I took a memorable hike into the valley proper, glimpsed beyond the tree.
This is quite an old tree. Hundreds of years old at least, as the species has elders documented to be over 1000 years old. Besides the characteristic strip bark "trunklet" visible, there are one or two strips on the backside A similar old growth pattern to Bristlecone Pine.
Sierra Juniper
This Juniper is on a granite knoll a few hundred yards beyond the top of Horsetail Falls In Desolation Valley Wilderness. Pyramid and Agassiz Peaks to the left.
Day hiking the falls, on numerous occasions, I'd noticed this knoll and tree. On a Friday afternoon, after a half day of work, I climbed the falls with a backpack (a bit rough) and camped on a small crushed granite flat about where I am standing. There are great views all around. The next day I took a memorable hike into the valley proper, glimpsed beyond the tree.
This is quite an old tree. Hundreds of years old at least, as the species has elders documented to be over 1000 years old. Besides the characteristic strip bark "trunklet" visible, there are one or two strips on the backside A similar old growth pattern to Bristlecone Pine.