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More gigantic junipers, these near Armstrong Pass on the Tahoe Rim Trail, in the Carson Range a few miles inside California. In response to a question of Diane Putnam's a couple weeks back, these "Sierra junipers" are usually considered a subspecies of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis australis), but some authors elevate them to a separate species (Juniperus grandis). See: www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus_occidentalis.php
The insets show some more trees in the vicinity.