Difference between revisions of "Juniperus communis var. depressa"
Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 646. 1814.
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Shrubs prostrate or low with ascending branchlet tips (occasionally spreading shrubs to 3 m, rarely small trees to 10 m). Leaves upturned, to 15 × 1.6 mm, rarely spreading, linear, glaucous stomatal band about as wide as each green marginal band, apex acute and mucronate to acuminate. Seed cones 6–9 mm, shorter than leaves. 2n = 22.
Habitat: Rocky soil, slopes, and summits
Elevation: 0–2800 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo.
Discussion
In the flora, larger individuals of this variety (to 10 m) have been misidentified as var. communis.
Selected References
None.