Flora of North America species comparison

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Juniperus flaccida

Juniperus pinchotii

drooping juniper, enebro liso, Mexican drooping juniper, tascate

enebro de fruto rojo, Pinchot juniper, Pinchot's juniper, redberry juniper
Habit Shrubs or shrubby trees dioecious, to 6 m, usually multistemmed; crown flattened-globose to irregular.
Bark

ashy gray to brown, exfoliating in long strips, that of small branchlets (5–10 mm diam.) smooth, that of larger branchlets exfoliating in strips or sometimes in flakes.
Branches

spreading to ascending;

branchlets erect, 3–4-sided in cross section, ca. 2/3 as wide as length of scalelike leaves.
Leaves

yellow-green, abaxial glands elliptic to elongate, many with an evident white crystalline exudate, margins denticulate (at 20x);

whip leaves 4–6 mm, not glaucous adaxially; scalelike leaves 1–2 mm, not overlapping or overlapping by not more than 1/5 their length, keeled, apex acute, spreading.
Seed(s)

cones maturing in 1 year, of 1 size, with straight peduncles, globose to ovoid, 6–8(–10) mm, copper to copper-red, not glaucous, fleshy and sweet, not resinous, with 1(–2) seeds.

Juniperus flaccida

Juniperus pinchotii
Habitat Gravelly soils on rolling hills and in ravines, limestone, gypsum
Elevation 300–1000(–1700) m (1000–3300(–5600) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico
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from FNA
NM; OK; TX; Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Pinchot juniper hybridizes with Juniperus coahuilensis (R. P. Adams and J. R. Kistler 1991) but not with J. ashei (R. P. Adams 1977) or J. monosperma (R. P. Adams 1975). The type specimen of J. erythrocarpa is merely an individual with brighter red seed cones.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 2. FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Cupressaceae > Juniperus > sect. Sabina Cupressaceae > Juniperus > sect. Sabina
Sibling taxa
J. ashei, J. californica, J. coahuilensis, J. communis, J. deppeana, J. horizontalis, J. monosperma, J. occidentalis, J. osteosperma, J. pinchotii, J. scopulorum, J. virginiana
J. ashei, J. californica, J. coahuilensis, J. communis, J. deppeana, J. flaccida, J. horizontalis, J. monosperma, J. occidentalis, J. osteosperma, J. scopulorum, J. virginiana
Subordinate taxa
J. flaccida var. flaccida
Synonyms J. erythrocarpa
Name authority Schlechtendal: Linnaea 12: 495. (1838) Sudworth: Forest. Irrig. 10: 204. (1905)
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