Does anyone know where (or if!) there are any Rocky Mountain Junipers on the UBC campus? Or in Vancouver? I am studying Juniperus Scopulorum for an ecocriticism graduate course, and I would really to see what one looks like first-hand. Any info (or ideas of how to go about finding this out) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
You might want to check out this article, which gives locations of Juniperus maritima, the juniper in the Puget Sound region recently split from J. scopulorum. http://www.juniperus.org/AdamsPapersPDFFiles/203-Phyto89(3)263-283JmaritimaScopVirgPugSound.pdf (pdf file) To find true J. scopulorum growing wild, you will need to head east of the Cascades, as it can't cope with oceanic climates very well, being subject to various fungal diseases in the more humid west coast conditions. PS . . . Species names are always lower case - your project supervisor may give worse marks for incorrect capitalisation ;-)
Thanks for the link- that article will definitely be useful to my research- and for the advice re: Juniperus scopulorum. As an English grad student, I'm still getting used to the conventions of scientific discourse. :) I'm still hoping that I might be able to find a rare Rocky Mountain juniper growing in the Vancouver area, as my professor has told me that there are a lot of exotic trees growing here. Does anyone know how I could find out if this species is present in the UBC arboretum?
J. scopulorum cultivars prevalent in local commerce. Maybe you can get leads from Straley, TREES OF GREATER VANCOUVER or the more recent book about trees in the vicinity of Vancouver.
Once you find out what 'Moonglow' etc. look like you will see them around rather often. Even if they don't have any of these at UBC Botanical Garden I'd be surprised if there aren't some at Van Dusen.
Thanks so much for your help! I was able to track down a couple of them at Van Dusen, which was great!
