Juniperus pinchotii |
Juniperus scopulorum |
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enebro de fruto rojo, Pinchot juniper, Pinchot's juniper, redberry juniper |
Rocky Mountain juniper, Rocky Mountain redcedar, seaside juniper |
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Habit | Shrubs or shrubby trees dioecious, to 6 m, usually multistemmed; crown flattened-globose to irregular. | Trees dioecious, to 20 m, single-stemmed (rarely multistemmed); crown conic to occasionally rounded. |
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. |
brown, exfoliating in thin strips, that of small branchlets (5–10 mm diam.) smooth, that of larger branchlets exfoliating in plates. |
Branches | spreading to ascending; branchlets erect, 3–4-sided in cross section, ca. 2/3 as wide as length of scalelike leaves. |
spreading to ascending; branchlets erect to flaccid, 3–4-sided in cross section, ca. 2/3 or less 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. |
light to dark green but often glaucous blue or blue-gray, abaxial gland elliptic, conspicuous, exudate absent, margins entire (at 20x and 40x); whip leaves 3–6 mm, not glaucous adaxially; scalelike leaves 1–3 mm, not overlapping to overlapping by not more than 1/5 their length, keeled to rounded, apex obtuse to acute, appressed or 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. |
cones maturing in 2 years, of 2 distinct sizes, generally with straight peduncles, globose to 2-lobed, 6–9 mm, appearing light blue when heavily glaucous, but dark blue-black beneath glaucous coating when mature (or tan beneath glaucous coating when immature), resinous to fibrous, with (1–)2(–3) seeds. |
2n | = 22. |
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Juniperus pinchotii |
Juniperus scopulorum |
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Habitat | Gravelly soils on rolling hills and in ravines, limestone, gypsum | Rocky soils, slopes, and eroded hillsides |
Elevation | 300–1000(–1700) m (1000–3300(–5600) ft) | 1200–2700 m (0 m at Vancouver Island and Puget Sound) (3900–8900 ft (0 ft at Vancouver Island and Puget Sound)) |
Distribution |
NM; OK; TX; Mexico
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AZ; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; n 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.) |
Juniperus scopulorum hybridizes with its eastern relative J. virginiana in zones of contact in the Missouri River basin (C. W. Comer et al. 1982) and with J. horizontalis (J. × fassettii Boivin; N. C. Fassett 1945). Relictual hybridization with J. virginiana is known in the Texas panhandle (R. P. Adams 1983). (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 |
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Synonyms | J. erythrocarpa | Sabina scopulorum |
Name authority | Sudworth: Forest. Irrig. 10: 204. (1905) | Sargent: Gard. & Forest 10: 420, fig. 54. (1897) |
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