Many bird species depend on juniper berry-cones for fall and winter food. Juniper "berries" or berry-cones are eaten by jackrabbits and coyotes. Utah juniper is used by many birds and animals, both wildlife and livestock, for cover and food. Utah juniper wood is highly decay resistant. Utah juniper has long been used for construction, fence posts, firewood, pencils, Christmas trees, and other purposes. VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES.Grassland, shrubland, and forestland habitat types of the White River-Arapaho National Forest Ī preliminary riparian habitat type classification system for the Bureau of Land Management Districts in southern and eastern Idaho įorest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of northern New Mexico andįlora of the Orange Cliffs of Utah Vegetation of the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming, in relation to substrate and climate Vegetation and soils of the Pine and Mathews Canyon Watersheds Vegetation and soils of the Churchill Canyon Watershed Vegetation and soils of the Mill Creek Watershed Vegetation and soils of the Duckwater Watershed Vegetation and soils of the Rock Springs Watershed Vegetation and soils of the Crane Springs Watershed Vegetation and soils of the Cow Creek Watershed Vegetation and soils of the Coils Creek Watershed Habitat typings in which Utah juniper appears as a community dominant include:Ĭlassification of the forest vegetation of Colorado by habitat type and community type įorest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of Arizona south of the Mogollon Rim and southwestern New Mexico Common associates include Joshua tree ( Yucca brevifolia), oaks ( Quercus spp.), manzanita ( Arctostaphylos spp.), Ceanothus ( Ceanothus spp.), mountain-mahogany ( Cercocarpus spp.), rabbitbrush ( Chrysothamnus spp.), ephedra ( Ephedra spp.), buckwheat ( Eriogonum spp.), silktassel ( Garrya spp.), snakeweed ( Gutierrezia spp.), goldenweed ( Isocoma spp.), bitterbrush ( Purshia spp.), horsebrush ( Tetradymia spp.), blackbrush ( Coleogyne ramosissima), Stansbury cliffrose, Apache plume ( Fallugia paradoxa), California fremont ( Fremontodendron californicum), desert peach ( Prunus fasciculata), skunkbush sumac ( Rhus trilobata), and needlegrass ( Achnatherum spp.). In pinyon-juniper woodlands in southern California, Utah juniper dominates with singleleaf pinyon, Parry pinyon ( Pinus quadrifolia), and California juniper ( Juniperus californica). stansburiana), antelope bitterbrush, desert snowberry ( Symphoricarpos longiflorus), blue grama ( Bouteloua gracilis), cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum), bottlebrush squirreltail ( Elymus elymoides), sheep fescue ( Festuca ovina), galleta ( Hilaria jamesii), prairie junegrass ( Koeleria macrantha), Indian ricegrass ( Achnatherum hymenoides), western wheatgrass ( Pascopyrum smithii), Sandberg bluegrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, and needle-and-thread grass. montanus), green rabbitbrush ( Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus), Stansbury cliffrose ( Purshia mexicana var. In Utah pinyon-juniper sites, Utah juniper dominates with singleleaf pinyon ( Pinus monophylla), Saskatoon serviceberry ( Amelanchier alnifolia), threetip sagebrush, black sagebrush ( Artemisia nova), big sagebrush, desert ceanothus ( Ceanothus greggii), curlleaf mountain-mahogany ( Cercocarpus ledifolius), true mountain-mahogany ( C. arbuscula), on areas with bluebunch wheatgrass ( Pseudoroegneria spicata), needle-and-thread grass ( Hesperostipa comata), Thurber's needlegrass ( Achnatherum thurberiana), and Sandberg bluegrass ( P. tridentata), antelope bitterbrush ( Purshia tridentata), and threetip sagebrush ( A. At the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Site, Utah juniper dominates with big sagebrush ( A. Utah juniper is a climax species in a number of pinyon-juniper ( Pinus-Juniperus spp.), sagebrush ( Artemisia spp.)-grassland, and shrub-steppe habitat types. ġ971 USDA, Forest Service map digitized by Thompson and others. Utah juniper is the most common juniper species in Arizona. The tree occurs occasionally in southern Idaho, southern Montana, and western Wyoming, and is common in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southeastern California. Utah juniper is the most common tree in the Great Basin and is widely distributed throughout the arid West. In Arizona, Utah juniper hybridizes with oneseed juniper ( J. In northwestern Nevada, Utah juniper hybridizes with western juniper ( J. The scientific name for Utah juniper is Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little (Cupressaceae). database/feis/plants/tree/junost/all.html. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Botanical and ecological characteristics.