Chinese Juniper

Look

Leaves

Mature leaves are scale-like; young leaves are blue-green and needle-like.

Flowers

Instead of flowers it makes male cones and seed-bearing female cones.

Fruit

The female cone is blue-green and fleshy like a berry, and ripens purplish brown to black in the second year.

Bark

Bark has ridges and fissures and peels in thin strips.

Where it grows

In Korea

Native

Native to

From the Russian Far East to northern Myanmar and temperate East Asia.

Ecology

US sources record that, once established, it tolerates light drought, rocky soil and urban air pollution.

Famous Chinese Juniper trees in Korea

• Chinese Juniper of Yangnyeong-ri, CheonanNatural Monument No. 427 · about 800 years · Seonghwan-eup, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
• Chinese Juniper of Changdeokgung PalaceNatural Monument No. 194 · about 750 years · Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
• Chinese Juniper of Bomunsa Temple, GanghwaProvincial Monument · about 700 years · Samsan-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon
• Chinese Juniper of Palgok-riProvincial Monument · about 600 years · Palgok-il-dong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do
• Chinese Juniper of Seonnongdan Altar, SeoulNatural Monument No. 240 · about 500 years · Jegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
• Chinese Juniper of Yangji-ri, NamyangjuNatural Monument No. 232 · about 500 years · Onam-eup, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do
• Chinese Juniper of Hujeong-ri, UljinNatural Monument No. 158 · about 500 years · Jukbyeon-myeon, Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Hwaseong-ri, UljinNatural Monument No. 312 · about 500 years · Jukbyeon-myeon, Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of YangdongProvincial Monument · about 500 years · Gangdong-myeon, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Sachon-ri, UiseongProvincial Monument · about 500 years · Jeomgok-myeon, Uiseong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Bongsan-dong, YeongiNatural Monument No. 321 · about 400 years · Jochiwon-eup, Sejong
• Chinese Juniper of Jangjeon-ri, CheongsongNatural Monument No. 313 · about 400 years · Andeok-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Seoksuam Hermitage, AndongProvincial Monument · about 400 years · Angi-dong, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Ugak-dong, YeongilProvincial Monument · about 400 years · Singwang-myeon, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Chimnyujeong Pavilion, CheongsongProvincial Monument · about 350 years · Hyeonseo-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Yeonha-ri, GapyeongProvincial Monument · about 300 years · Sang-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
• Chinese Juniper of Baegindang, SeongjuProvincial Monument · about 300 years · Wolhang-myeon, Seongju-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Jungnim-ri, YecheonProvincial Monument · about 300 years · Yongmun-myeon, Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Muan-ri, MiryangProvincial Monument · about 300 years · Muan-myeon, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
• Chinese Juniper Trees of Songgok Seowon, SeosanNatural Monument No. 553 · Inji-myeon, Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
• Chinese Juniper Habitat of Tonggumi, UlleungNatural Monument No. 48 · Nam-yang-ri, Seo-myeon, Ulleung-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper Native Habitat of Daepunggam, UlleungNatural Monument No. 49 · Seo-myeon, Ulleung-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Chinese Juniper of Gyeongsudang, YeonghaeProvincial Monument · Yeonghae-myeon, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Sources

• NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
• 국립수목원 국가표준식물목록(자생식물)
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Plants of the World Online
• Boone County Arboretum / Species Records
• 대전광역시 한밭수목원, 제4차 수목원진흥실시계획(2019–2023)
• 대구광역시 (2019), 제2차 대구광역시 도시림 등 조성·관리계획
• 산림청·국립수목원 (2012), 한국의 가로수 — 나무가 만드는 아름다운 길
• 국가유산청 국가유산포털(천연기념물 창덕궁 향나무)
• 문화재청 보도자료 ‘창덕궁 향나무 종묘제례 향으로 사용된다’(2010.09.13)
• 아주경제 ‘태풍으로 부러진 창덕궁 향나무 가지, 제향행사에 사용’(2010.09.13)
• 한국민족문화대백과사전(창덕궁 향나무)