[NatureNS] Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

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Yes, I want to confirm, it was the same plant.
This is not two species (J. communis / J. horizontalis).
J. communis has substantially larger needles.
There have been subsequent comments at the iNaturalist page,
where the photos can be seen
(https://inaturalist.ca/observations/21797238).

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 3:21 PM Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote:
>
> How possible if as stated, 'on the same plant’?  Note that April 1st, posted just before noon.
>
> On Apr 1, 2019, at 11:49 AM, George Forsyth <ge4syth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great sighting!
> You have two native junipers, "the scaly one" is Juniperus horizontalis, "the spiny one" is Juniperus communis.
> See the NS Museum document for its range:  https://ojs.library.dal.ca/NSM/article/view/4873/4390
> Not often are you able to see both on the same walk, usually somewhere coastal in NS.
>
> Cheers, George Forsyth
>
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 18:29, Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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