Read more: Plants You Shouldn't Grow Right Next To Your House Native throughout much of the United States and Canada, creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) spreads via lengthy, drooping ...

Juniper plants are members of the cypress family, or Cupressaceae, commonly referred to as conifers. While the word conifer ...

A nondescript, decrepit twist of gnarled wood found tucked between rocks in the Finnish tundra is a lot more than meets the ...

trees give way to smaller plants. Hence, the need to focus on a very common and long-lived species, but capable of producing rings like trees: the juniper was perfect for our studies," explains ...

To determine the age of the juniper shrub, scientists used dendrochronology techniques, specifically studying growth rings. They estimated that the juniper sprouted in 378 CE. 1,647-year-old ...