TheJardine Juniper is an individual of the speciesRocky Mountain juniper found withinLogan Canyon in theCache National Forest. Often credited with an age of over 3,000 years,[1]core samples taken in the 1950s revealed that it was around 1,500 years old.[2][3] It stands approximately 40 feet (12 m) tall and its circumference has been measured at 284 inches (720 cm).[4] Discovered in 1923 by Maurice Blood Linford[5] while he was a student atUtah State Agricultural College (USAC), it was named after USAC alumnus and former U.S. Secretary of AgricultureWilliam Marion Jardine (1879–1955).[6]
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