AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMTREE (ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER)

Written By Alex Crowson
 
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The Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), like nearly all junipers, is a conifer that took a different strategy to get its seeds dispersed. This week we chat about convergent evolution, and how nature can find the same solutions to problems in very different ways.

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by USDA NRCS PLANTS Database

Additional Reading:

The Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
Examples of convergent evolution

 
Alex Crowson
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