Rocky Mountain Juniper Berries

The berries of a rocky mountain juniper hold on throughout the winter. Soon they will fall to make room for new ones to grow as spring closes in. Photographed in the North Unit of Teddy Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.

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Ferdy Christant

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Are they edible? Posted 9 years ago
1. travismorhardt
  
  Lion
  
  From what I could find, many Native American tribes used many different parts of junipers for remedies for various things, but the berries only seemed to be used very seldom. Here is a link with some information; it is rather interesting.
  
  https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_jusc2.pdf Posted 9 years ago

The Rocky Mountain Juniper

''Juniperus scopulorum'' is a species of juniper native to western North America, in Canada in British Columbia and southwest Alberta, in the United States from Washington east to North Dakota, south to Arizona and also locally western Texas, and northernmost Mexico from Sonora east to Coahuila. It grows at altitudes of 500-2,700 m on dry soils, often together with other juniper species.

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Similar species: Pinales

Species identified by travismorhardt