[NatureNS] Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

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Hello fellow botanists,

while walking today in the Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve, along
the coast, between granite outcrops in the coastal barrens,  I found
these two twigs on the same plant (photo at iNaturalist,
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/21797238).

To me, the smaller one is clearly creeping juniper. The larger twig
looks different, and further on the trail, there were many places
where both forms were growing on the same plant. The scaly form was
more frequent, the spiny form restricted to locations where the twig
was less exposed (between other plants, off the barren granite).

Any comments/info appreciated.
Burkhard

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