The Jardine Juniper is an individual of the species Juniperus scopulorum found within Logan Canyon in the Cache National Forest. Often credited with an age of over 3000 years,[1] core samples taken in the 1950s revealed that it was actually over 1500 years old.[2][3] It stands approximately 40 feet tall and its circumference has been measured at 284 inches (7.21 meters).[4] Discovered in 1923 by Maurice Blood Linford [5] while he was a student at Utah State Agricultural College, it was named after USAC alumnus and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine (1879–1955).[6] It is a member of the list of oldest trees.