Pinyon–juniper woodland
BIOME OF WESTERN UNITED STATES HIGHER ELEVATION DESERTS
Piñon-Juniper Woodland; Pinyon juniper woodland; Pinyon-juniper forest; Pinyon-juniper woodland; Pinyon-juniper
Pinyon–juniper woodland, also spelled piñon–juniper woodland, is a vegetation type (biome) of Western United States higher elevation deserts, characterized by being an open forest dominated by low, bushy, evergreen junipers (Juniperus osteosperma,Damian Fagan, Canyon Country Wildflowers, p. 3Pam MacKay, Mojave Desert Wildflowers, p19-20 Juniperus californica,Karen Wiese, Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, 2013, p.