Find and protect representative pinyon-juniper sites. From Wordnik.com. [Great Basin shrub steppe] Reference
Historically, miners cut pinyon and juniper for mine timbers. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
In New Mexico, pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands are dominant. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference
Two-needle pinyon and Utah juniper occur on shallow, stony soils. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
In the western states they include pinyon-juniper and chaparral areas. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 15- Land] Reference
On the Colorado Plateau, for example, there is pinyon-juniper woodland. From Wordnik.com. [Tropical-Subtropical Steppe Division (Bailey)] Reference
Oaks, junipers, and pinyon pines predominate on all these mountain ranges. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference
At higher elevations, there may be scattered one-seeded juniper and pinyon pine. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference
Juniper is typically found at lower elevations than pinyon or is intermixed with it. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)] Reference
Below this elevation the pinyon-juniper woodlands grade into sagebrush scrubs of the Great Basin. From Wordnik.com. [Sierra Nevada forests] Reference
It is distinct from the juniper-pinyon woodland and mountain mahogany-oak scrub of Ecoregion 19f. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)] Reference
Guests to Nada live in one of 16 austere but serviceable hermitages tucked among the pinyon pines. From Wordnik.com. [Alone At Last. . .] Reference
Sagebrush and mountain mahogany shrubland, pinyon-juniper woodland, and scattered oak shrublands occur. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Shrubs and small trees, mainly pinyon and oneseed juniper, occur in canyons and on north-facing slopes. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference
Vegetation is dominated by pinyon pine, one-seed juniper, and some ponderosa pine at higher elevations. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference
This station was situated in a grove of pinyon trees and other fine timber and infested by mountain bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference
Ponderosa pine is at lower elevations, pinyon-juniper below that, and grasslands are in the lowest areas. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)] Reference
The region includes a zone of mountain brush that replaces woodland above the elevational limit of pinyon. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
More recently, large areas of pinyon – juniper woodland have been cleared to increase forage for cattle. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
The region contains more pinyon-juniper and Gambel oak woodlands than the Wyoming Basin (18) to the north. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Blackbrush is more common here than in Ecoregion 20c, where pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush dominate. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Vegetation includes pinyon, Utah juniper, Rocky Mountain juniper, curlleaf mountain-mahogany, and cliffrose. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
Shallow or stony soils occur along the rims of benches and minor escarpments and support pinyon-juniper woodland. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
There, Gambel oak, scrub oak, Joshua tree, and blue grama grass may be associated with pinyon – juniper woodland. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
At lower elevations, pine forests are replaced by sagebrush-pinyon forest, part of the Intermountain Desert Province. From Wordnik.com. [Sierran Steppe - Mixed Forest - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
It is lower in elevation with less pinyon-juniper woodland than the adjacent Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands (20c). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference
Because of minimal summer rainfall, Ecoregion 13x contains pinyon – juniper woodland, but lacks oak and Ceanothus species. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
Juniper and pinyon-juniper woodlands grow along canyons and mesa sides, while grasslands occur on the basalt cap of the mesa. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
At about 7,000 ft (2,100 m), open forests of ponderosa pine are found, although pinyon and juniper occupy southfacing slopes. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona-New Mexico Mountains Semidesert-Open Woodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
These hills represent the northern limit for both pinyon and Utah juniper; western juniper replaces them to the west and north. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
Scattered, dissected areas with pinyon and juniper on the uplands characterize the pinyon-Juniper Woodlands and Savannas ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Both pinyon and juniper decline north of Ecoregion 13q; in Ecoregion 80, juniper grows alone and without distinct elevational banding. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
The region is more elevated than the Wyoming Basin to the north and therefore contains a far greater extent of pinyon-juniper woodlands. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference
The amount of pinyon – juniper woodland in Ecoregion 5a is insignificant in contrast to other Nevada ecoregions in this elevation range. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
The Conifer Woodlands and Savannas ecoregion is an area of mostly pinyon-juniper woodlands, with some ponderosa pine at higher elevations. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference
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