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Swatara Resident Unveils Prostrate Juniper Discovery
Benjamin Peters of Swatara has found a remarkable tree known as Juniper Communis by scientists and Prostrate Juniper to locals. It stands on K C Shank’s land near Conewago Station, with a circumference of 154 feet 8 inches and a height of 42 inches. Peters sent photos and a description to the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard, and National Botanical Society members plan a visit next summer, bringing about twenty people starting from Hershey.
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