Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Hooker
Endemic
Synonyms: Sabina occidentalis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Plants often (50%) monoecious. Bark redbrown. Seed-cones (5–) 7.5 (–9) mm.


Habitat: Dry rocky foothill and mountain slopes
Elevation: (0–)1500–3000 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Nev., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

ovate +  and elliptic +
acute +  and obtuse +
Robert P. Adams +
Hooker +
long-lived +
exfoliating +
spreading;ascending +
angled +  and terete +
inconspicuous +  and undifferentiated +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
blue +  and blue-black +
7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br /> (?) +
rounded +  and conical +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +, Nev. +  and Wash. +
(0–)1500–3000 m +
white +  and yellow +
Dry rocky foothill and mountain slopes +
decurrent +  and scale-like +
petioled +, sessile +, twisted +  and simple +
not overlapping +
persisting +
spreading +  and appressed +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
rounded +  and scale-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 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 />) +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
fibrous;woody +
peltate +  and complex +
cuneate +  and oblong +
fleshy +  and woody +
overlapping +
persistent +
coalesced +
fibrous +  and obscurely woody +
1 +  and 2 +
round +  and faceted +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
flattened +
Sabina occidentalis +
Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis +
Juniperus occidentalis +
variety +
flattened +, angled +  and terete +
2,000 cm20,000 mm <br />20 m <br /> (3,000 cm30,000 mm <br />30 m <br />) +
upright +  and decumbent +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +