Juniperus californica

Carrière

3: 352. 1854.

Common names: California juniper huata cedro
Synonyms: Sabina californica (Carrière) Antoine
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Shrubs or trees dioecious (rarely monoecious), to 8 m, multistemmed (seldom single-stemmed); crown rounded. Bark gray, exfoliating in thin strips, that of smaller and larger branchlets smooth. Branches spreading to ascending; branchlets erect, terete, about as wide as length of scalelike leaves. Leaves light green, abaxial glands elliptic to ovate, conspicuous, exudate absent, margins denticulate (at 20×); whip leaves 3–5 mm, not glaucous adaxially; scalelike leaves 1–2 mm, not overlapping, or rarely overlapping by ca. 1/5 their length, generally flattened, apex acute to obtuse, closely appressed. Seed-cones maturing in 1 year, of 1 size, with straight peduncles, globose, (7–) 9–10 (–13) mm, bluish brown, glaucous, fibrous, with 1 (–2) seeds. Seeds 5–7 mm.


Habitat: Dry, rocky slopes and flats
Elevation: 750–1600 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico in Baja California

Discussion

Although two races, differing in volatile leaf oils, were described by F. C. Vasek and R. W. Scora (1967) and confirmed by R. P. Adams et al. (1983), no differences were found in volatile wood oils (R. P. Adams 1987). To date, no morphological characters appear to be correlated with the chemical races. No other Western Hemisphere species of Juniperus has been found to have leaf-oil races.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Juniperus californica"
elliptic +  and ovate +
acute +  and obtuse +
Robert P. Adams +
Carrière +
long-lived +
exfoliating +
spreading;ascending +
inconspicuous +  and undifferentiated +
California juniper +, huata +  and cedro +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
rounded +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico in Baja California +
750–1600 m +
Dry, rocky slopes and flats +
decurrent +  and scale-like +
petioled +, sessile +, twisted +  and simple +
overlapping +  and not overlapping +
light green +
persisting +
spreading +  and appressed +
3 - ? +  and 5 - ? +
flattened +  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 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> +
flattened +
Sabina californica +
Juniperus californica +
Juniperus sect. Sabina +
species +
flattened +, angled +  and terete +
tree +  and shrub +
upright +  and decumbent +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +