Attack of the clones: 30 years later, a Taylor-made mystery lives on

  • Drivers taking the backroads between Taylor and Sargent will spot dozens of strangely columnar juniper trees failing to blend in with the rest.
    Drivers taking the backroads between Taylor and Sargent will spot dozens of strangely columnar juniper trees failing to blend in with the rest.
  • A host of Taylor Juniper trees surround the Lincoln Monument on the west side of the Nebraska Capitol Building.
    A host of Taylor Juniper trees surround the Lincoln Monument on the west side of the Nebraska Capitol Building.

    by Carson Vaughan Flatwater Free Press

    In the summer of 1978, Allen Wilke slammed the brakes.

    He did this often. A true plantsman, he observed everything but the road itself. He would spy a flowering pr…