Juniperus conferta
is an evergreen shrub growing in sandy soil or on rocks in
seashores, trunks crawling on the ground with gray-brown barks.
Leaves are needle-shaped, 1-2cm in length, in whorls of three; tips
are sharply pointed, which hurt to touch. Dioecious: Male flowers,
yellow-brown, are as long as 4 millimeters, in the shape of an
elliptical, and females spherical. Bloom time: April. |