familyCupressaceae
genusJuniperus
sectionJuniperus sect. Sabina
speciesJuniperus occidentalis
varietyJuniperus occidentalis var. australis

Juniperus occidentalis var. australis

(Vasek) A. H. Holmgren & N. H. Holmgren in Cronquist et al.

in Cronquist et al.,Intermount. Fl. 1: 239. 1972.

Robert P. Adams
Endemic
Basionym: Juniperus occidentalis subsp. australis Vasek Brittonia 18: 352. 1966
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Plants mostly (90%) dioecious. Bark brown. Seed-cones (7–) 8.5 (–10) mm.


Habitat: Dry rocky slopes
Elevation: 1000–3000 m

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

F. C. Vasek (1966) reported hybridization of this variety with Juniperus osteosperma in northwestern Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

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Abaxial gland prominence
conspicuous +
Abaxial gland shape
ovate +  and elliptic +
Abaxial microsporangium quantity
2;10 +
Abaxial resin-gland architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Adaxial ovule orientation
erect +
Adaxial ovule quantity
1;20 +
Apex fixation or orientation
appressed +
Apex shape
acute +  and obtuse +
Aril quantity
Lacking (?) +
Author
Robert P. Adams +
Authority
(Vasek) A. H. Holmgren & N. H. Holmgren in Cronquist et al. +
Axis duration
long-lived +
Bark architecture
furrowed +
Bark architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Bark coloration
brown +
Bark relief
exfoliating +
Bark texture
fibrous +
Basal zone life cycle
abscission +
Basionyms
Juniperus occidentalis subsp. australis +
Bract apex fusion
free +
Branch orientation
spreading;ascending +
Branchlet orientation
erect +
Branchlet quantity
3;6 +
Branchlet shape
angled +  and terete +
Branchlet size
small +
Bud prominence
inconspicuous +  and undifferentiated +
Cone-seed architecture or shape
berrylike +
Cone-seed atypical distance
0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Cone-seed coating
resinous +
Cone-seed coloration
blue +  and blue-black +
Cone-seed condition
closed +
Cone-seed distance
8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br /> (?) +
Cone-seed life cycle
maturing +
Cone-seed pubescence
glaucous +
Cone-seed shape
ovoid +
Cone-seed texture
fleshy +
Cone position or structure subtype
terminal +
Cotyledon quantity
2 +  and 6 +
Cross-section quantity
Less (?) +  and 2/3 (?) +
Crown shape
rounded +  and conical +
Deposit coloration
White crystalline (?) +
Distribution
Calif. +
Elevation
1000–3000 m +
Exudate coloration
white +  and yellow +
Habitat
Dry rocky slopes +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Lateral branch development
developed +
Lateral scale-leaf shape
keeled +
Leaf-base shape
decurrent +  and scale-like +
Leaf architecture
petioled +, sessile +, twisted +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
not overlapping +
Leaf arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Leaf coloration
green +
Leaf duration
persisting +
Leaf fixation or orientation
appressed +
Leaf growth form
dimorphic +
Leaf life cycle
adult +
Leaf orientation
spreading +  and appressed +
Leaf quantity
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
Leaf shape
rounded +  and scale-like +
Leaf some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Longest internode some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Margin pubescence
glaucous +
Margin shape
denticulate +
Margin some measurement
3mm;6mm +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Peduncle course
straight +
Pollen-sac quantity
2;8 +
Pollen architecture
not winged +
Pollen cone architecture
simple +
Pollen cone architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Pollen cone life cycle
maturing +
Pollen cone position or structure subtype
terminal +
Pollen cone shape
spheric;oblong +
Pollen shape
spheric +
Portion fusion
free +
Portion some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Publication title
in Cronquist et al.,Intermount. Fl. +
Publication year
1972 +
Rank quantity
4 +
Reference
None +
Resin canal presence
absent +
Root texture
fibrous;woody +
Scale-bract architecture
peltate +  and complex +
Scale-bract shape
cuneate +  and oblong +
Scale-bract texture
fleshy +  and woody +
Scale architecture
peltate +
Scale arrangement
overlapping +
Scale duration
persistent +
Scale fusion
coalesced +
Scale position
abutting +
Scale quantity
1;3 +
Scale texture
fibrous +  and obscurely woody +
Season quantity
1 +  and 2 +
Seed-cone architecture
compound +
Seed-cone architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Seed-cone duration
persisting +
Seed-cone life cycle
maturing +
Seed-cone position or structure subtype
terminal +
Seed architecture
wingless +
Seed atypical quantity
2 (3) +
Seed quantity
2 +
Seed shape
round +  and faceted +
Seed some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
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Special status
Endemic +
Sporophyll arrangement
overlapping +
Spray shape
flattened +
Strip width
thin +
Taxon family
Cupressaceae +
Taxon name
Juniperus occidentalis var. australis +
Taxon parent
Juniperus occidentalis +
Taxon rank
variety +
Twig shape
flattened +, angled +  and terete +
Volume
Volume 2 +
Whole organism architecture
single-stemmed +
Whole organism atypical some measurement
2,000 cm20,000 mm <br />20 m <br /> (3,000 cm30,000 mm <br />30 m <br />) +
Whole organism coating
resinous +
Whole organism duration
evergreen +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism growth form or orientation
prostrate +
Whole organism odor
aromatic +
Whole organism orientation
upright +  and decumbent +
Whole organism quantity
90% (?) +
Whole organism reproduction
dioecious +
Whole organism some measurement
0m (20m) +
Whorl quantity
3 +
Wing architecture or shape
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
Wing quantity
2;3 +
X chromosome quantity
11 +