Juniperus Juniperus, L.

2. J. communis L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1040 (1753).

Dioecious; tree or shrub. Leaves with a single white band above, which is rarely divided by a faint midrib in the basal half. Cone 6-9 mm, ripening in the second or third year, ovoid to globose, green the first year, then pruinose, and black when fully ripe. Seeds free, usually 3. Throughout Europe, mainly on mountains in the south. All except Az BI Cr Sb?Tu.

1 Leaves up to 20 mm, acuminate-subulate, patent 2 Leaves 1 -1-5 mm wide, loosely set, linear, with a glaucous

stomatiferous band; tree to 15 m or shrub

(a) subsp. communis 2 Leaves 1- 3 -2mm wide,closelyset, linear-oblong,witha broad,

white stomatiferous band; shrub (b) subsp. hemisphaerica 1 Leaves 10-15 mm, closely set, upturned or upcurved, acute to

obtuse, mucronate, with a broad, white stomatiferous band;

shrub, usually spreading and mat-like (c) subsp. nana