Juniperus horizontalis Moench
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Filed As
Cupressaceae
Juniperus horizontalis Moench -
Collector(s)
A. Cronquist 7987, 26 Jul 1955
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Location
United States of America. Montana. Carbon Co. Along Rock Creek, 13 miles southwest of Red Lodge.
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Habitat
Steep, sparsely wooded, southeast slope. Granitic.
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Description
Widely and loosely ascending shrub about 1 m. high. Cones blue-glaucous. Juniperus horizontalis passing toward J. virginiana var. scopulorum. Neither pure J. horizontalis nor to the best of my recollection, pure J. virginiana var. scopulorum seen nearby. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 19574
Occurrence ID: dd3cf88a-7728-4df1-bfe0-329cda1e6971
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Pinophyta
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Order
Cupressales
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Family
Cupressaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
North America
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Country
United States of America
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State/Province
Montana
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County/Municipio
Carbon Co.
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Locality
Along Rock Creek, 13 miles southwest of Red Lodge
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Township, Range, Section
9S, 19E, 8
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Elevation
Alt. 2225 m. (7300 ft.)
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Coordinates
45.0572, -109.41
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Georeferencing Method
TRS Conversion Calculator. Used TRS2LL tool (defunct, now: TRS-data conversion tool, Montana State University, www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html) to convert TRS coordinates (Township, Range, Section; Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees. Township, Range and Section data used for conversion: T9S, R19E, Sec. 8
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Distribution
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Juniperus horizontalis Moench