Needle Juniper
Juniperus rigida · Cupressaceae · 노간주나무
Look
- Leaves
- Needle-shaped leaves grow in whorls of three with a joint at the base, 8.3 to 23.8 mm long and 0.6 to 1.3 mm wide. In cross-section it is U-shaped, with the upper side sunken.
- Flowers
- (Conifer cone flowers) appear in April to May in leaf axils of last year's twigs; male cone flowers have about 20 scales and 4 to 5 anthers.
- Fruit
- Cones are round, 5.5 to 9.5 (12) mm long, with the fused scale tips split into three. Each cone holds 1 to 3 egg-shaped seeds (4.2 to 6.3 mm long) and ripens in October to December of the following year.
- Bark
- Brown bark with long, shallow lengthwise cracks.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in Korea (nationwide), Japan, and northern and northeastern China.