Juniperus virginiana, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 39

10. J. virginiana L. , Sp. Pl. 1039 (1753).

Dioecious; pyramidal tree up to 30 m. Twigs 0-6-0- 8 mm in diameter, very slender. Leaves all decussate; the juvenile 5-6 mm, often present on adult trees, long, spiny-pointed; the adult 0-5-1 -5 mm, appressed but free at their acute or acuminate apices, often with a small gland on the back, entire and without a scarious border. Cone 4-6 mm, ripening in the first year, ovoid, glaucous, brownish-violet when ripe; stalk erect or patent. Seeds 1 or 2, free. Planted for timber in parts of C. & S. Europe. [Ga Hu It Rm.] (North America.)