Native to Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Inyo (Big Pine)
37.172528, -118.2165
Location Remarks
North Death Valley Rd. ca. 5 km E of junction of Hwy 168 and Waucoba-Eureka Rd. Elev. 1242 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Charlotte M. Taylor
Notes
Rocky slope near roadside. Piinyon-juniper woodland. Tree 3-4 m.
Location
United States, Arizona, Coconino (Sedona)
34.880278, -111.748333
Location Remarks
Highway 89A, Oak Creek Canyon. Vicinity of Midgley Bridge.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Juniperus
Specific Epithet
osteosperma
Authorship
(Torr.) Little
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#1,057 of 1,090
Top 97%
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 0 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →