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Common Name: Common
juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Entry Author: C. Westring
Description: Can exist as shrubs or trees.
Needles: Green but sometimes appear silver. Sword-like. About 1/3 to 1/2 inch long, arrange in 3
Cones: About 1/4 inch in diameter. Round with smooth, leathery scales. Always covered with white bloom
Bark: Brown, fibrous, exfoliating into strips or plates
Branching Pattern: Spreading or ascending.
Height: Shrubs- 4m; Trees- 10m
Conditions/Habitat/Kind of Forest:
Range: W & N Asia, N America, Europe, N Africa
Zone: 2
Conservation Status-US/ World Wide: Not threatened
Uses (Human): The seed cones are used to flavor gin
References:
Gymnosperm Database, University of Bonn
http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/cu/ju/communis.htm
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=42229
Dendrology at Virginia Tech
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/Jcommunis.htm
Department of Horticulture
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/jucop.htm
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