Steve, Everything I've read says var. communis does not occur in N. America. The site where I've seen tree form also included the more typical shrub growth form. In fact, I saw one individual that had been growing as a shrub that sent up rapidly growing tree like sprout from one of the branches, so var. depressa can be very plastic.
Are the Ohio sites with J. communis alvars? Sheperdia occurs with J. communis on alvars in New York. Jess On 11/16/09, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > Kouta, Jess, ENTS- > > There is a small population of Juniperus communis var. communis here in N > Ohio, with individuals in the 15' to perhaps 20' range, growing with > Sheperdia canadensis, Buffalo-berry. I know of no local examples of J. > communis var. depressa, which is very common at our cabin in central > Ontario. > > Steve > > 2009/11/16 Kouta Räsänen <[email protected]> > > > Jess, > > > > And how tall is the tallest J. communis var. communis of which you are > > aware? Where is it growing? > > > > That 2000 year old juniper has been mentioned also by Jalas (1958) in > > Finnish. Though, I am little bit suspicious about that, too. I will > > search if I am able to find more about it. > > > > An addition to the language issue: My brother - a scientist in a > > finnish university - said to me that more than half of scientific > > papers in his department are published only in Finnish. And Finland is > > a highly developed country. The proportion is supposedly much lower in > > countries like Russia or China. > > > > > > > > > > - Kouta > > > > -- > > Eastern Native Tree Society > http://www.nativetreesociety.org > > Send email to [email protected] > > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected] > > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society > http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
