Cades: The needle companions

Along the Aiguille path and throughout the walk, a plant companion with many needles will follow you: The Juniper Cade! The cade is this shrub with evergreen foliage whose smallgreen needles have 2 fine white lines distinguishing them from those of the common juniper (1 single white line). Its berries, of violet colour to red, identify easily: their underside has three linesof 120 ° each and converging at a central point.