Juniperus communis var. depressa description

Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh 1814

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Juniperus communis subsp. depressa (Pursh) Franco (Adams 1993).

Description

"Shrubs prostrate or low with ascending branchlet tips (occasionally spreading shrubs to 3 m, rarely small trees to 10 m). Leaves upturned, to 15 ´ 1.6 mm, rarely spreading, linear, glaucous stomatal band about as wide as each green marginal band, apex acute and mucronate to acuminate. Seed cones 6-9 mm, shorter than leaves. 2n = 22" (Adams 1993).

Range

Canada: all provinces and territories; USA: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Found at 0-2800 m elevation on rocky soil, slopes, and summits (Adams 1993).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Larger individuals (to 10 m) have been misidentified as var. communis (Adams 1993).