Montane, sub-alpine. Woodlands, openings. Spring.
Madden Peak, June 22, 2004.

These Junipers, found in many northern countries of the world, creep low to the ground and spread to seven feet in diameter.  This specimen is growing right at tree-line and is only eight inches tall; those growing at lower altitude are commonly two-to-four feet high.

In his Species Plantarum of 1753, Linnaeus named both the Juniperus genus and this species.

Montane, sub-alpine. Woodlands, openings. Spring.
Madden Peak, June 22, 2004.