La Brea Tar Pits scientists have identified a previously unknown juniper species as Juniperus scopulorum, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Juniper. The successful identification, along with the ...

Photo Credit: John Rusk / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 Formerly known by the scientific name Rhamnus californica, this common California shrub has dark green leaves and small cream, white, or greenish flowers ...

California juniper (Juniperus californica) grows abundantly in arid terrains of southern California and northern Baja California at elevations between 2500 and 5000 feet (750 - 1500 meters).

Dioecious, more rarely monoecious, evergreen shrubs or small to large trees of very varying individual form, with leaves spreading when young, but adult individuals often with predominantly acicular ...