Foliage and cones (1). |
Juniperus chinensis
var.
sargentii
Common NamesChinese juniper (2).Taxonomic notesSyn: Juniperus sargentii Henry.DescriptionDioecious evergreen shrub with dense crown, horizontal trunk and upright shoots. Leaves scale- or needle-like, dark blue-green, rounded, diamond-shaped or oval, to 1.5 cm, with dark glands. Young leaves pointed, cylindrical, to 1 cm long. Cones (berries) fleshy, rounded, each with 2-3 triangular seeds. Pollination in July, seeds mature October-November of the next year (1).RangeCommon in Japan, rare in Russia (Sakhalin and South Kurile Islands) (1). Also said to occur in China and Korea (2).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) S. Harkevich and N. Kachura. 1981. Rare Plant Species of The Soviet Far East and Their Conservation. Nauka, Moscow (in Russian).(2) Silba 1986 . |
|
[ Juniperus ] [ Cupressaceae ] [ home ]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
|