The Jardine Juniper is an individual of the species Rocky Mountain juniper found within Logan Canyon in the Cache National Forest. Often credited with an age of over 3,000 years,Salt Lake Tribune: Jardine Juniper trail core samples taken in the 1950s revealed that it was around 1,500 years old.Utahlink: Jardine JuniperUSDA: History of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache It stands approximately tall and its circumference has been measured at .Ancient, gnarled and thriving, Jardine Juniper boosts its status as a champion. Salt Lake Tribune. 2006-10-16. Discovered in 1923 by Maurice Blood LinfordCache Valley Visitors Bureau: Hiking while he was a student at Utah State Agricultural College (USAC), it was named after USAC alumnus and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine (1879–1955).juniperus.org: Juniperus of the World
See also List of oldest trees List of individual trees
References
External links Flickr photos tagged "jardine juniper" Utah State University Digital History Collections search for "jardine juniper"