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Manual of the Southeastern Flora - Small
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1. J. sibirica Burgsd. Depressed shrub, the radiating branches rarely rising over 5 dm., often matted: leaves stout, mostly 5-8 mm. long, abruptly curved at the base, erect or erect-ascending, abruptly pointed: cone globular, 8-10 mm. in diameter. - (MOUNTAIN-JUNIPER.) - Dry gravelly soil, Blue Ridge and more northern provinces, N. a. to Rocky Mts., Alas., and Lab. - (Eurasia.) - Our two species of juniper may be distinguished by habit alone. The present one is always depressed with the branches on the ground and only ascending at the tips.



2. J. communis L. Erect tree becoming 8 m tall: leaves slender, 10-20 mm. long, spreading, gradually narrowed at the apex: cone globular, 6-8 mm. in diameter. - Dry sandy hills, Blue Ridge and more northern provinces, Ga. to N. M. and Can. - (Eurasia.) - Rare in our range.
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