Thursday, May 27, 2010

Trees at Fun Friday: The Juniper Tree

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We are on our 5th week of Trees for Fun Friday, hosted by Melissa, of Blogging For Fun.
Gnarled Juniper Tree @ Olmstead Point, Yosemite National Park, CA
This week, I am featuring a tree with admirable strength in character, the Juniper tree. As you can see from the picture above, despite living in a very harsh condition, with hardly a soil on this giant granite rocks, buried in ice and snow for about half of the year or more, directly exposed to the blazing sun and supplied with lesser oxygen at more than 8000 ft of elevation, this juniper tree continues to survive. I see the twisting and the gnarling of its branches as depth in character, its limbs so wrinkled showing admirable wisdom and strength in age, yet its leaves so green showing it is still very much alive.
Lone Juniper Standing on top of this Granite Cliff, Olmstead Point, Yosemite National Park, CA
In the next 3 Fridays, the last 3 Fridays we will be featuring trees, I am saving my last 3 tree posts to 3 California trees where a National Park has been named after them and established for their preservation. If you are very familiar with National Parks or California, you may be able to name these 3 National Parks named after trees.

Before I end this post, let me make an announcement regarding the change in url of our group's site, The Salitype Society. Unintentionally, we lost our old url, but luckily we are able to keep all our posts. You can now visit us at http://www.salitypesociety.org/. To my fellow bloggers and friends, who also follows us at The Salitype Society, I would really be glad and thankful if we continue to see you there.
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22 comments:

  1. No wonder, I could not find my RSS on Salitype. That;s good that you were able to save your posts. I am going to check the site later.

    I have heard of this tree, and it is a survivor. Very informative post Bets.

    I am finalizing my tree post now.

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  2. This juniper tree shows that with enough determination we can survive most anywhere or anything.

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  3. Perched on top like royalty overlooking its kingdom. It reminds me of the Lone Cypress Tree at Pebble Beach.

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  4. Yikes! What is in the 1st picture? Is it a tree? :p

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  5. Isn't Mother Nature amazing. Even in harsh environments something so beautiful can grow. Yet other times the slightest change in the ecosystem can wipe out a whole species. It is truly fascinating. I look forward to your last three posts, especially since I am not familiar with CA parks other than what I have already learned from you.

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  6. Those are such beautiful trees! It is amazing how they are able to grow in such difficult conditions.

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  7. I am seeing a big bonzai. I love to see a tree that is in that shape.

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  8. Oh, the juniper is a beautiful tree. I have seen them at Yosemite, but I never knew their name. Learned something new today!

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  9. Junipers have such an inspiring character, so rugged and strong, and handsome too!

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  10. Connection timed out? just when I published the comment.

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  11. Your trees post have been wonderful. I look forward seeing what you have saved as the best for last.

    It amazing how not only humans but nature adapts to survive in different environments.

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  12. Thanks for the info on juniper tree, betchai. You're right, its strength is amazing and remarkable.

    I'll also change the salitypesociety link on my blog!

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  13. Humbling to know after we are long gone it will still b there :)

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  14. It's amazing that juniper tree can grow out of rock. Thanks for the info!

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  15. Is the tree still bearing juniper berries?

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  16. A beautiful post, as alwys...it always amazes me that trees and other plant life can survive on some craggy, rocky peak. I guess the desire to live wins out!

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  17. Great info about junifer trees! I'll be looking forward to your next posts.

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  18. Gnarled trees mirror our own lives and display the light and dark, good and bad. They are determined and confident. These shots are fantastic.

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  19. Oh I love that photo with a lone tree on top of a hill. It's amazing how we can associate our life with other living things. It only proves that life indeed has a purpose.

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  20. Hi betchai, that's a remarkable tree..

    btw sorry i haven't been the salitype mcuh lately...i get to sneak but not really leave a comment or two anymore...since my blogging days got slimmer timeline

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  21. wow. I really love that photo above. How I wish I'll stay there for a while.

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