![]() ![]() The journal was founded by Melanie Bishop in 1995. Etymology: Juniperus is the Latin name for Juniper, while deppeana is (probably) named for Ferdinand Deppe (1794-1860) a German botanical collector. Alligator Juniper is a national literary magazine published annually by Prescott College. Alligator and its native cousin, the Shaggy Bark Juniper, are the largest species of their kind growing 40-50 feet tall at maturity.Alligator junipers are an essential element for native birds, deer, javelina, and smaller mammals. ![]() Ethnobotany: The berries were boiled, eaten fresh, ground into a meal, drunk as a beverage, made into cakes, and used as both a fuel wood and as lumber. Native to Arizona, the Alligator Juniper, Juniperus deppeana, is characterized by unique cracked bark that resembles alligator skin. Pay attention to the cones and you will have no trouble distinguishing. Can be confused with Cupressus arizonica when young, when the bark can be reddish and peel like the latter. Notes: Distinctive with its alligator bark. Ecology: Found on dry, rocky slopes from 4,500-10,000 ft (1372-3048 m) flowers February-March. ![]() Seeds: Ovoid or oblong to irregular, often angled, brown, 4-5 per cone, 6-9 mm long. Cones: Pollen cones terminal, 3-4 mm long, oblong seed cones terminal, 8-20 mm long, subspheric to broad-ellipsoid, green, maturing bluish to reddish tan to red-brown in second year, glaucous, dry, hard, fibrous to rarely woody. Needles: Usually decussate, closely appressed, scale-like and with an obvious gland, blue-green. Common Name: alligator juniper Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Tree General: Tree and sometimes shrub, usually single trunked, 7-15 m tall, usually dioecious bark ashy gray outside, dark brown to black inside, 1-20 cm thick, deeply fissured into smaller rectangular plates. ![]()
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