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Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in thin soil around rock outcrops on mountain summits and Piedmont monadnocks and rocky bluffs (in GA & NC), xeric Coastal Plain sandhills (in SC), per Weakley's Flora

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...Dry

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves spine-tipped

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Whorls of 3, or opposite

"FLOWER":
Spring

FRUIT:
Blue or black
Berry-like cone

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Landscaping with Native Trees p134?
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p051
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p043?
• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p03?
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p182

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juniperus communis var. depressa   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juniperus communis var. depressa   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 018-03-001:
Juniperus communis var. depressa   FAMILY Cupressaceae