Juniperus pinchotii |
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enebro de fruto rojo, Pinchot juniper, Pinchot's juniper, redberry juniper |
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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 pinchotii |
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Habitat | Gravelly soils on rolling hills and in ravines, limestone, gypsum |
Elevation | 300–1000(–1700) m (1000–3300(–5600) ft) |
Distribution |
NM; OK; TX; Mexico
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Discussion | 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. |
Parent taxa | Cupressaceae > Juniperus > sect. Sabina |
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Synonyms | J. erythrocarpa |
Name authority | Sudworth: Forest. Irrig. 10: 204. (1905) |
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