Many animal species take shelter in the dense branches to avoid wind and cold it is a source of food for many moth species, including juniper carpet, juniper jug, pine beauty, and Cydia duplicana Water: Can survive on less water newly planted trees need to be watered twice a week in the first summer monthsĭiseases include wood decay, twig blights, canker diseases, rusts, witches’ broom some of the pests are bark beetles, mealybugs, flatheaded borers, armored scales, aphids, spider mites, and sawflies Soil: Well-drained, rocky, loamy, compacted, grained
Sunlight: Thrives in full sun, survives in partial shade
Typically ranges from 350-700 years, some may survive for more than 1000 years Slow to medium-fast, varies between 1 and 2 feet per year Trunk Diameter: 2-4 ft on average, but some trees can measure up to 13 ftīark: Reddish-brown, peels off in long, thin, vertical stripsĬones: Males are uniform in structure, 0.04-0.7 in long, have 6-20 scales females have fleshy, fruit-like scales that form a ‘berry’, 0.16-1.06 in longĬrown: Upright, columnar, or low-spreadingĭry, rocky, mountainous regions, large, open woodlands Leaves: Glossy green, needle-like, 0.20-1.00 in long and/or scale-like, 0.080-0.157 in long, overlapping In addition to the above species, there are some dwarf (miniature) cultivars of juniper, including the Juniperus x pfitzeriana ‘Gold Coast’.
The section Sabina, on the other hand, includes scale-leaf junipers with the adult leaves arranged in groups of three or opposite pairs. The section Juniperus, divided into several sub-sections, consists of needle-leaf junipers with the adult leaves arranged in groups of three while being fixed to the base.
Junipers are classified into two sections, which include Juniperus and Sabina. With research still in progress, the actual number of species belonging to the genus Juniperus is not clear. Types of Junipers Scientific Classification