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JUNIPER 



JUNIPER 



Juniperus communis 



FORM 



Usually a low evergreen shrub growing 

 in large bushy clumps, 8'-10' across 

 or in pyramidal form 6'-8' high. 

 Reaches tree size in hill region of 

 Illinois (20'-30' in height). 



LEAVES 



i"-i" long, aw-lshaped. Dark green 

 in summer, becoming a bronze shade 

 in winter. 



FRUIT 



A bluish black berry maturing in the 

 third season. Used in the manu- 

 facture of certain beverages. 



RANGE 



Southern Greenland to mountains of 

 Pennsylvania; west to Nebraska; 

 thence south to Texas and Arizona. 

 On Pacific Coast from Alaska to 

 Northern California. 



Fig. 43. Terminal branch, showing leaves, flower, and fruit of juniper 



