Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola

(Small) E. Murray

Kalmia 13: 8. 1983.

Common names: Southern redcedar coastal redcedar
Basionym: Sabina silicicola (Small) L. H. Bailey Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 24: 5. 1923
Synonyms: Juniperus silicicola
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trees to 10 m; crown flattened or conic (when young and protected or crowded). Bark cinnamon reddish. Branches spreading to pendulous. Scalelike leaves bluntly obtuse to acute at apex. Pollen cones 4–5 mm. Seed-cones 3–4 mm. Seeds 1.5–3 mm.


Habitat: Coastal foredunes and coastal river sandbanks
Elevation: 0–15 m

Discussion

This southern variety of Juniperus virginiana appears to be restricted to coastal foredunes but differs little in morphology or leaf terpenoids from upland J. virginiana and appears to intergrade with that variety in Georgia (R. P. Adams 1986). These taxa are distinct from the Caribbean junipers J. lucayana Britton of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Cuba, and J. bermudiana Linnaeus of Bermuda (R. P. Adams et al. 1987). Reports of J. virginiana var. silicicola from west of Florida are questionable.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"overlapping" is not a number."thick" is not a number.

not +  and visible +
elongate +  and elliptic +
obtuse +  and acute +
Robert P. Adams +
(Small) E. Murray +
long-lived +
cinnamon reddish +
exfoliating +
Sabina silicicola +
spreading;pendulous +
angled +  and terete +
inconspicuous +  and undifferentiated +
Southern redcedar +  and coastal redcedar +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
blue-black +  and brownish blue +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
globose +  and ovoid +
conic +  and flattened +
Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
0–15 m +
Coastal foredunes and coastal river sandbanks +
decurrent +  and scale-like +
petioled +, sessile +, twisted +  and simple +
green but sometimes turning reddish-brown +
persisting +
spreading +  and appressed +
conspicuous +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
bluntly obtuse +  and acute +
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 />) +
spheric;oblong +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
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 +
1 +  and 2 +
round +  and faceted +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
flattened +
Juniperus silicicola +
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola +
Juniperus virginiana +
variety +
flattened +, angled +  and terete +
upright +  and decumbent +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +