Juniperus grandis

Juniperus grandis is a medium-sized tree, growing 12–26 metres (39–85 ft) tall. It has a stout trunk with red-brown bark, growing up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter.[1]

The whorled leaves are scale-like and closely appressed. Most plants are dioecious, but about 5–10% are monoecious.[1]

Its fleshy and berry-like cones are 5–9 mm diameter.[1] Its pollination period is May and June.[2] The seeds are wingless.

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  Leaves
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  Berry-like cones
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  Bark
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  Mature form

Juniperus grandis is native to the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada; and the White and Inyo Mountains, San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, and higher elevations of Mojave Desert mountains, in Southern California.[1][2]

It is found in exposed, dry, rocky slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodland, and Temperate coniferous forest habitats, including the Sierra Nevada upper montane forest and Sierra Nevada subalpine zone ecoregions. It grows at elevations of 100–3,100 metres (330–10,170 ft).[1]