Lab 2 Journal Entry
Juniperus has adapted to its environment of hills and dry, rocky soil that is somewhat sterile in a couple of ways. One for example is the adaptation of thick bark and a thick cuticle around its scale-like leaves.
An adaptation that all observations have in common is that they are all low-rising plants. This adaptation occurs likely due to their tolerance to low light conditions, their photosynthesis functions optimally under low-light conditions.
The phylogeny placement for Juniperus is all life —> Archaea and Eukaryotes —> Eukaryotes —> Plants —> Plants, Alveolates, Brown Algae, and more —> Plants —> Green Plants —> Land Plants —> Vascular Plants —> Seed plants —> Cypress —> Junipers. Plants with the most recent common ancestry as Juniperus are Saharan cypress and Juniperus Deltoids.
