NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Cupressaceae

Cypress Family


Cupressus arizonica.  ARIZONA CYPRESS.  Tree.  Coconino and Yavapai counties, especially in Oak Creek and Verde River canyons, at 3000-7000 feet [McD].  Northern Gila County between Payson and Pine at ca. 4500-5000 feet [LD].


~Juniperus californica.  CALIFORNIA JUNIPER.  Shrub or small tree.  Mohave County.  McD notes that specimens identified as this species in the Museum of Northern Arizona Herbarium might be Juniperus osteosperma [McD].



Juniperus coahuilensis.  ROSEBERRY JUNIPER.  REDBERRY JUNIPER.  Shrub or tree.  Boynton Canyon, Yavapai County, and probably widespread elsewhere below Mogollon Rim [ML].



Juniperus communis var. depressa (=Juniperus communis var. saxatilis).  COMMON JUNIPER.  DWARF JUNIPER.  Low shrub.  Apache and Coconino counties above 7000 feet [McD].  North Rim at 7400-8900 feet (Coconino County) [PP&B].



Juniperus deppeana.  ALLIGATOR JUNIPER.  Tree or shrub.  Navajo, Coconino and Yavapai counties at 4500-8000 feet [McD].  West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon of Coconino County [DP-21(1)].



Juniperus monosperma.  ONE-SEED JUNIPER.  Shrub or small tree.  Throughout region at 3000-7000 feet [McD].  Reported sporadically from Inner Gorge; Havasu Canyon, Inner Canyon; and Boysag Point, western North Rim; 1200-5500 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].



Juniperus osteosperma.  UTAH JUNIPER.  Tree.  Throughout region at 3000-7500 feet [McD].  Common at north end of Northern Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County [JANAS-24/25].  North and South rims, Inner Canyon woodlands from the rim to the top of the Redwall; occasional at lower elevations; 1200-7800 feet (Coconino County) [PP&B].



Juniperus scopulorum.  ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER.  Shrub or tree.  Throughout region at 3200-9000 feet [McD].  West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon of Coconino County [DP-21(1)].  Along the edge of the North Rim; reported from east of Bright Angel Point and Kaibab Trail, North Rim; at base of Redwall on Kaibab Trail and in Havasu Canyon, Inner Canyon; 3200-8500 feet (Coconino County) [PP&B].


This page last revised 28 April 2011.


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