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Late May is a typical time around here for the larches to get frisky. Being monoecious, their friskiness can be taken care of entirely in their own company. "Ah," you say.
Thus, here, you can see two of the female "flowers" on one twig while somewhat behind and below are whole rows of male "flowers."
This was yesterday. Let us hope they found satisfaction.
"Juniper" is what I grew up calling this tree; its Latin name is Larix laricina and other English names include tamarack and hackmatack.
And of course they are not "flowers" by any rigorous botanical system; they are conelets.
There must be billions of juniper berries in central Oregon, a few of which do end up flavoring artisanal gin.
Clarno Palisades Formation, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, central Oregon.
Sussex County, New Jersey
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Acacia ulicifolia, commonly known as prickly Moses or juniper wattle, grow on dry sclerophyll woodland or open-forest.
Walk to MacKenzie falls lookout.
California Juniper (Juniperus californica)
California Juniper is a shrub-like tree that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond Californiaās borders; a short distance into the Great Basin in southern Nevada, northwestern Arizona, and Baja California. Throughout our state it is found in the Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, California Coast Ranges, Sacramento Valley foothills, Sierra Nevada, and at higher elevation sky islands in the Mojave Desert ranges in Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, and Foothill Woodland communities. It is a member of the Cupressaceae or cypress family
I was intrigued by this small juniper growing in front of Turret Arch. The late afternoon sun was starting to cast an even warmer glow on the already golden tones of the area - including the dust coating the juniper.
This Juniper really stood out amongst the subdued colors of the distant Bodie Hills and the sage of Mono Basin along Dobie Meadows Road, just after coming down from the Adobe Hills.
Love the twisty, contorted juniper juxtaposed with its habitat. Iām still wanting to spend some quality time with bristle cone pines. For here and now, Utah juniper will have to do.
On another morning, before the sun broke the horizon, its warm rays illuminated the sky allowing for this silhouette. It was interesting hiking alone in the dark to get to this location before sunrise. Well worth it, just for the experience, if not the image.
This shot was a challenge. There are underexposed areas and overexposed areas. Some day I will do it again early in the day when the sun is in it's summer position.
These are my second pair of Junipers. Made in a stretch med-weight denim. The waistband gave me a bit of a headache as I was dumb and used woven interfacing on the stretch fabric. I had to go back and rip it all out. Now they feel like Pajama Jeans.
Juniper galls. Bannock County, Idaho. 11 May 2020.
Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteoperma) and Junipera Gall (Walshomia).
We stopped hiking early and set up camp on the 4th day of our hike near the confluence of SF San Joaquin River and Piute Creek near the bridge that crosses Piute Creek. That gave me time to walk around and enjoy the views and take photos. Earlier in the afternoon we hiked for about an hour during rain but notice the blue sky in the photo. We enjoyed blue sky and a dry camp after the rain.
Three of us, two retired men (one who who wasn't sure if he could hike 50 plus miles; that would be me) and a young fit man who could have easily hiked twice as far in the 6 days we were on the trail started hiking at South Lake on the Bishop Pass Trail September 8 and 6 days latter ended our hike at North Lake. According to a more accurate account than I can generate we hiked 55 miles, gained 8,730 feet and lost 9,200 feet elevation. This area, part in Kings Canyon National Park and part in the John Muir Wilderness is about 20 miles southwest from Bishop, California.
Here is a brief summary of our route: South Lake Trailhead - Bishop Pass - Dusy Basin - LeConte Canyon - Muir Pass - Evolution Valley - Puite Creek Canyon - Humphrey's Basin - Piute Pass - North Lake Trailhead. We passed more than a dozen lakes some of which I will mention when I upload photos.
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Today I uploat this Juniper Hairstreak, a Snowberry Clearwing Moth, a Purple Vetch and a Beefly.
This hairstreak one would not land on a flower. It was busy mud puddling on my driveway then flew away! I was glad to see this my second Juniper Hairstreak in two days.
These little berries are actually very small cones of the Juniper. They are the magic flavor in delicious Gin. I like Gin.
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