Dedeardıç is a juniper with eleven forks rising from one trunk, and the measurements on its page show why that matters: the girth at ground level is 11.30 metres while the tree is only 15 metres tall. The trunk is 3.76 metres across. Local people call it Dedeardıç, grandfather juniper.
The directorate names the species as boylu ardıç, with the scientific name Juniperus foetidissima.
The tree stands at 1,720 metres on a slope of 25 per cent facing southeast, on sloping ground; its general appearance is good, it has not been pruned, its health is good, and there is no rot or hollow in the trunk. It was registered on 16 October 2002, on 0.10 hectares. The land is forest property under the Göktepe range of the Ermenek Forest Management Directorate.
To reach it, take the asphalt road from Göktepe town towards Işıklı village in Sarıveliler district of Karaman province; about 3.5 kilometres along, a road branches west, and the tree is about three kilometres down it.
- Designated
- 16.10.2002
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- Climate
- Across Karaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.7 °C in January to 23.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (47 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1951-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
