Scientific Name:	Juniperus communis
Pronunciation:	joo-NIP-ur-us kum-YOU-niss
Common Name:	common juniper
Family Name:	Cupressaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Conifer
Key ID Features:	Habit variable, from low - prostrate - spreading shrub in windy locations to 10(-16) m tall (specimens on campus are so far upright, but there are numerous cultivars); leaves needle-like in whorls of three, most 7-12 mm long, sharply tipped, whitish stomatal channel on upper surface; cones on female plants rounded with three fleshy scales (berry-like), 4-9 mm wide, green and then eventually bluish-black with a blue waxy coating when ripe; cones on male plants yellow then brown, 2-3 mm long in March-April.
Course(s):	Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe, North America Hardiness Rating: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Alpine, Attract birds, Erosion control, Filler, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Reclamation, Rock garden, Security/barrier Additional Info: Google. Popular culivars include J. 'Green Carpet'.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Needle-like, Simple Arrangement: Whorled Texture/ Venation: Prickly Surfaces: Distinctive smell, Glabrous Colour in Summer: Bluish, Green Colour in Fall: Green, Bluish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular, Linear, Other Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Colour (petals): No flowers, Brown, Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Blue, (dark blue with pale waxy residue) Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, berry-like, 2 seeded

Bark Morphology: Exfoliating, Papery, Stringy Bark or Stem Colour: Red, Brown

Propagation:	Seed, Softwood cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:	Rust, ( Pest resistant, Drought resistant )

Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend (FSC) Far South Campus Location Map

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