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Ibuki juniper Cupressaceae Juniperus procumbens (Siebold ex Endl.) Miquel symbol:
Leaf: Evergreen, awl-like leaves only, sharp pointed, 1/4 inch long, tips well away from twig, blue-green year round.
Flower: Species is dioecious; male cones yellow-brown, round, 1/5 inch across; females small and round.
Fruit: Small, round cones, 1/3 inch across, not often seen.
Twig: Slender, blue-green, turning reddish brown, stiffer than Juniperus horizontalis.
Bark: Reddish brown, scaly.
Form: Low growing plant, 1 to 2 feet in height, has tendency to mound from a central point, eventually spreads several feet.
Looks like: common juniper - creeping juniper - shore juniper

Additional Range Information: Juniperus procumbens is planted in the USDA hardiness zones shown above and is not known to widely escape cultivaton. Download the full-size PDF map.
External Links: USDA Plants Database
All material © 2021 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information