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Posted: 04 Aug 2021


Taken: 18 Jul 2021

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 Smiley Derleth
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A boring question, possibly, but do you know the type of tree this is? He (or she) looks born of struggle, but hanging in there like a champ.
3 years ago.
 slgwv
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It's a juniper, probably a Sierra juniper, stunted by the conditions near timberline--what botanists call "krummholz". Under less extreme conditions Sierra junipers can be impressive indeed; I have a whole album on them:
www.ipernity.com/doc/289859/album/735131
One of my favorite trees! ;)
3 years ago.

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