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Coniffer List 2 (Junipers)
HORT 221 - Landscape Woody Plants
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 2
02/25/2009

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Junipers

 

Definition
Like Sun, dry places, a very universal plant
Term
Chinese Juniper
Definition
Juniperus chinensis - awl and scale needles, larger fruit matures in first season
Term
Pfitzer Juniper  
Definition
Juniperus x media 'Pfitzeriana' - very wide spreading, no fruit (always male)
Term
Common Juniper
Definition
Juniperus communis - narrow awl needles
Term
Creeping Juniper
Definition
Juniperus horizontalis - blue green and more purple in winter
Term
One-Seed Juniper
Definition
Juniperus monosperma - native to W., more yellowish, very zerich
Term
Savin Juniper
Definition

Juniperus sabina - upswing branches, good green in summer + dirty brown in winter

'Tamariscifolia' - Tammy Juniper Mounded 

'Broadmoor' - Broadmoor Juniper Imbetween 

'Buffalo'  - Buffalo Juniper Low Growing 

Term
Rocky Mtn. Juniper
Definition
Juniperus scopulorum - multiple trunks, greyish blue-green, 2 year fruit set
Term
Singleseed juniper
Definition
Juniperus squamata - holds its awl needles, sm tree, variable dwarf growth cultivars 'Blue Star'
Term
Eastern Red Cedar
Definition
Juniperus virginiana - More open with age, lrg shrub, wood used for cedar chests, 1 year fruit set
Term
American Arborvitae
Definition
Thuja occidentalis - want moisture and protection, very flat scale needles
Term
Japanese Yew
Definition
Taxus Cuspidata - darker green needles, fruit has a fleshy covering, very varying growth habit
Term
Fleshy Fruits
Definition
most or all of the pericarp is soft and fleshy at maturity
Term

Large Shrubs

Med Shrubs

Sm Shrubs

Low Shrubs

Ground Covers 

Definition

10-30ft

6-10ft

4-6ft

1.5-4ft

less than 1.5ft 

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