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Key to Conifers
Juniperus - Juniper
Trees and shrubs, sometimes prostrate; leaves all needle-like
or dimorphic (needle-like juvenile, scale-like adult), opposite
or whorled; ovulate cones fleshy and berry-like at maturity, globose,
small 5-10 mm in diameter, often covered with gray or bluish waxy
bloom.
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Juniperus chinensis - Chinese Juniper - Branchlets
and mature seed cones.
(Photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond,
VA)
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Juniperus communis - Common Juniper
(Photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond,
VA)
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Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar- Branchlets
and buds of pollen cones.
(Photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond,
VA)
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Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar- Branchlets
and mature seed cones.
(Photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond,
VA)
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