United States, Arizona, Coconino County, EAST OF TRAIL BELOW RIM
meters
6700
Previously id as Juniperus utahensis (engelm) Lemmon. Crumbling off page mount. Common native perennial, height up to 14 ft., open exposure, transition zone, rocky soil. Hopi uses - firewood, fences, construction, tools, torches from bark, leaves used by pregnant woman who wants a girl, cleanse newborn with juniper-water mixture, recalcitrant children held in juniper smoke, charcoal mixed with melon seeds and water make a body paint, heated twigs used for bruises or sprains, berries eaten with piki...see file card for additional information.
PLANT SPECIMEN IS IN GOOD CONDITION DESPITE SOME BROKEN PARTS. ORIGINAL MOUNTING PAPER IS NOT ARCHIVAL.