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juniperAny of a group of aromatic evergreen trees or shrubs of the cypress family, found throughout temperate regions. Junipers produce a valuable wood and their berries are used to flavour gin and in cooking. Some junipers are mistakenly called cedars. (Genus Juniperus, family Cupressaceae.) |
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Genera include Quercus (oak), Juniperus (cedar), and Ulmus (elm). Van Ommeren and Whitham monitored the mistletoe in patches of arid woodland dominated by pinon pine and one-seed juniper, or Juniperus monosperma, north of Flagstaff. The three most common dominant herbaceous species were Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush), Gutierrezia sarothrae (snakeweed), and Bromus tectorum (downy chess grass); and the three most common dominant overstory and understory species were Juniperus monosperma (one-seed juniper), d. |
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