General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: up to 32 feet
Plant Spread: 3-9 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: the fruit flesh is cones - galbulus, matures 18 months
Fruiting Time: Fall
Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Espalier
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Culinary Herb/Spice
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: ingestion of fruit irritates the kidneys, a seasoning for Gin alcoholic drink
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Common Juniper
  • Carpet Juniper
  • Creeping Juniper
  • Juniper

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Location: my garden, Florida
Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Sallandse heuvelrug
Date: 2021-08-22

Photo credit: W.carter
Location: Sallandse heuvelrug
Date: 2021-08-22
Location: Sallandse heuvelrug
Date: 2021-08-22
Never noticed the raindrop untill too late...
Location: Along the Athabasca River, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-08
Photo by SongofJoy
Location:  Maligne Canyon, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-05
Location: Akureyri Botanical Gardens
credit: Hedwig Storch
Location: Along the Athabasca River, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-08
Location: Fairfax, VA | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
photo credit: H. Zell
Location: top of Whistler's Mountain (Or something like that), Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-07

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Olympic National Forest, Hood Canal Ranger District
Photo courtesy of: J.Brew
Location: female
Credit NPS
Location: Sirem CZ
Date: 2015-02-02
autor bamira - PD
Location: Sirem CZ
Date: 2015-02-02
autor bamira - PD
Location: Sirem CZ
Date: 4000-02-02
autor bamira - PD
Location: SIREM CZ
Date: 2015-02-02
autor bamira - PD
Location: top of Whistler's Mountain (Or something like that), Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-07
Location: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz 1885
to the left female cone

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