Juniper is a broad genus that includes everything from large trees up to 30 feet tall to ground-hugging shrubs that spread wide but never get higher than 18 inches. While species like the fast ...

Scientists have identified the oldest tree in Europe—a small common juniper (Juniperus communis L.) growing in Finnish ...

The world's oldest shrub was just found in Finland's tundra. The old-timer is a direct cousin of Arizona's Junipers found ...

Hence, the need to focus on a very common and long-lived species, but capable of producing rings like trees: the juniper was perfect for our studies," explains Angela Luisa Prendin, one of the ...