Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Whorled
• Flower: cone, oval, yellowish, 1/10-1/8 inch long, male and female on separate plants
• Leaves: flattened needle in whorls of 3, ¼-1/2 inch long
• Bark: new twigs yellow, mature bark gray/brown and shredding
• Fruit/Seed: round berry-like cone, ¼-1/3 inch diameter, yellow/green-blue/black
• Height: 2-5 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: prairies, savanna, forest clearings, rocky slopes, outcrops, dunes

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Stan Shebs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juniperus_communis_var_depressa_5.jpg
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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