Juniperus ashei

J. Buchholz

Bot. Gaz. 90: 329. 1930.

Common names: Ashe juniper mountain-cedar
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trees dioecious, to 15 m, single-stemmed to 1–3 m, occasionally branching at base; crown rounded to irregular and open. Bark brown, exfoliating in thin strips, that of small branchlets (5–10 mm diam.) smooth, that of larger branchlets exfoliating in strips. Branches spreading to ascending; branchlets erect, 3–4-sided in cross-section, ca. 2/3 or less as wide as length of scalelike leaves. Leaves dark green, abaxial glands hemispheric, raised (particularly obvious on whip leaves), exudate absent, margins denticulate (at 20×); whip leaves 3–6 mm, not glaucous adaxially; scalelike leaves 1–2 mm, not overlapping or overlapping to 1/4 their length, keeled, apex acute to obtuse, spreading. Seed-cones maturing in 1 year, of 1 size, with straight peduncles, ovoid to nearly globose, 6–9 mm, dark blue, glaucous, fleshy and resinous, with 1 (–3) seeds. Seeds 4–6 mm. 2n = 22.


Habitat: Limestone glades and bluffs
Elevation: 150–600 m

Distribution

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Ark., Mo., Okla., Tex., Mexico

Discussion

The name Juniperus mexicana Sprengel has been misapplied to this species. Reports of hybridization with J. virginiana and J. pinchotii have been refuted using numerous chemical and morphologic characters (R. P. Adams 1977).

Ashe juniper is a source of Texas-cedarwood oil and fence posts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/4" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."thick" is not a number.

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acute +  and obtuse +
Robert P. Adams +
J. Buchholz +
long-lived +
exfoliating +
spreading;ascending +
angled +  and terete +
inconspicuous +  and undifferentiated +
Ashe juniper +  and mountain-cedar +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
ovoid +  and nearly globose +
rounded +
Ark. +, Mo. +, Okla. +, Tex. +  and Mexico +
150–600 m +
Limestone glades and bluffs +
decurrent +  and scale-like +
petioled +, sessile +, twisted +  and simple +
overlapping +  and not overlapping +
dark green +
persisting +
spreading +  and appressed +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
keeled +  and scale-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
denticulate +
spheric;oblong +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
fibrous;woody +
peltate +  and complex +
cuneate +  and oblong +
fleshy +  and woody +
overlapping +
persistent +
coalesced +
fibrous +  and obscurely woody +
1 +  and 2 +
round +  and faceted +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
flattened +
Juniperus ashei +
Juniperus sect. Sabina +
species +
flattened +, angled +  and terete +
branching +  and single-stemmed +
upright +  and decumbent +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +