| Scientific Name: | Juniperus squamata |
| Common Name: | squamata juniper, Blue Star juniper |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Small garden/space, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Whorled, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Green, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Mostly horizontal shrubs to less commonly small trees; shaggy exfoliating cinnamon bark, twigs densely arranged, staight or curved, not angled; scale-like leaves absent; awl-shaped leaves in whorls of 3, needle part 4-7(-12) x 1-2.5mm, slightly concave, with white stomatal bands on the inner surface, bluish year round; seed cones blue-black or black, ovoid to globose, 4-9 x 4-6mm, seeds 1 per cone, 2-5mm wide. <a href ="https://www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus_squamata.php" target="_blank">Conifers.org</a> | |