Junipers – Junipers – Junipers everywhere! Have you ever wondered about juniper’s significance and purpose, aside from giving you allergies? To my surprise, I found very little written information about this hardy tree/shrub. I was determined to dig deeper for factual references and folkloric uses of the juniper tree. Here is what I found: HabitatIn his book, Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West, Michael Moore explains that there are two general types of junipers. Small trees with dark olive green scaly, leafless twigs and the high altitude spreading shrub with sharp, pine like needles. The seeds or fruit
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