Etymology: Juniperus: Latin name for juniper
Plants: low, creeping perennial, 1'-4' tall, evergreen shrub; stems branchlets 3-sided
Leaves: 1/4-7/8" sharp, hollow, 3-sided prickly scale-like needles in whorls of 3, white above
Fruits: blue-black, hard, ball-like berry with white powder
Habitat: in rocky, infertile soil
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: low, creeping perennial, 1'-4' tall, evergreen shrub; stems branchlets 3-sided
Leaves: 1/4-7/8" sharp, hollow, 3-sided prickly scale-like needles in whorls of 3, white above
Fruits: blue-black, hard, ball-like berry with white powder
Habitat: in rocky, infertile soil
Conservation Status: Native
Dry to dry-mesic forests of jack pine-aspen, oak, paper birch-aspen, white cedar, oak-basswood-pine, oak-sugar maple, sugar maple-basswood-pine, oak-pine, pine, hemlock, black oak-red cedar-paper birch, oak-hickory; also on dry hummocks in conifer swamps and bogs. Pine relicts, cedar glades, clay banks, sandstone ridges, bluffs, and cliffs, rock outcrops, dry bluff prairies, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior dunes, beaches, sandspits, dry fields and hillsides, lightly wooded pastures, old quarries and gravel pits, cobble beaches, roadcuts, and the Great Lakes Barrens of the Apostle Islands.
This species forms very large, bowl-shaped plants and is quite beautiful. Common juniper is the most widespread species in the genus, also occurring in Eurasia; our plants are var. depressa Pursh. Most commonly seen along the shore of Lake Michigan but also in the Apostle Islands, the Driftless Area, the Kettle Moraine, and scattered in the Central Sand Hills.
This species forms very large, bowl-shaped plants and is quite beautiful. Common juniper is the most widespread species in the genus, also occurring in Eurasia; our plants are var. depressa Pursh. Most commonly seen along the shore of Lake Michigan but also in the Apostle Islands, the Driftless Area, the Kettle Moraine, and scattered in the Central Sand Hills.
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