![]() ![]() 'Blue Arrow', 'Blue Creeper', 'Blue Heaven", 'Cologreen', 'Gray Gleam', 'Pathfinder', 'Snow Flurries', 'Table Top', 'Wichita Blue' Low growing, flat-topped, silvery-blue foliage, femaleĬompact, conical, blue to blue gray foliage, male Narrow shrub, columnar to fastigiate, blue foliage with creamy white spots Slow-growing, dense, columnar, silver-gray foliageīroad, pyramidal, bluish-green foliage in flat sprays Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO created by Ryan Contreras for “Landscape Plant Materials I: Deciduous Hardwoods and Conifers or Landscape Plant Materials II: Spring Flowering Trees and Shrubs” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University In the wild, animals just the tree as a rubbing post and causes damage to the stems and roots. ![]() Aphids, bagworms, twig borers, webworms, scale, and spider mites are potential insect pests. In poorly drained soils, root rot can occur. Phomopsis twig blight may occur as well as Cedar-apple rust and other rust diseases. In rainy or wet springs, they may be susceptible to blights which causes the dieback of the stem tips. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Rocky Mountain Juniper has no serious diseases or insect pests. the fruit is a round, immature berry is green and glaucous, ripens to a bluish-purple with a white, waxy bloom.male and female flowers on separate plants, female flowers are greenish-yellow and have two ovules, male flowers are yellow with six stamens and appear on short branchlets.adult foliage is opposite, simple scale-like and varies in color from bluish-silvery or light to dark green.small branchlets are smooth, but larger branchlets exfoliate in plates.bark is reddish-brown or gray, exfoliates in thin strips.It may be best to consider the closely related to the Eastern Red Cedar for use in the landscape, which is better able to handle the hot, humid weather of North Carolina.įoliage: Year-round Fruits: Fall and Winter It is possible the Rocky Mountain Juniper could be attempted in the mountains of North Carolina. The Rocky Mountain Juniper is very susceptible to injury or death from fires due to it thin, stringy bark and the volatile oils contained in the branches. It cannot tolerate wet soils, high humidity, nor high night temperatures. The tree will adapt to various soil types that may be on the dry side. It is drought, salt spray, erosion, dry soil, and air pollution tolerant. The Rocky Mountain Juniper prefers full sun, moist, well-drained soils and especially does well in dry, sandy soil. The epithet, scopulorum, is from the Latin word that translates "of the cliffs or rock' and refers to the species mountainous habitat. The genus name, Juniperus, is derived from the Latin word for juniper. The tree can be found in drier mountains and foothills of British Columbia and Alberta, the Rocky Mountains to Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. It is also found in mixed or pure stands of open woodland areas in Wyoming and Colorado at elevations of up to 7500 feet, often on dry and rocky ridges. It is found in the western United States and Canada. Rocky Mountain juniper is one of thirteen junipers that are native to North America. The seed cones are waxy blue, and berry-like which are a source of food for birds and small mammals. It has shedding reddish-brown bark and has bluish-silvery to dark green scale-like foliage that lies flat against the branches. It is narrow, pyramidal to rounded in form and grows 30-40 feet tall. Rocky Mountain Juniper is a native slow-growing, conifer, evergreen needled tree in the Cupressaceae or cypress family. ![]() Phonetic Spelling ju-NIP-er-us skop-u-LO-rum Description ![]()
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