(nr Pie Town NM) A short walk from my camp, was discovered this extremely fat tree. I had never seen anything quite like it before. The bark was deeply grooved scales; sometimes called checkerbark. Research showed it is called an Alligator Juniper. It grows only in northern Mexico, western Texas, southeast Arizona, and southern New […]
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