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Juniperus Communis

Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of conifer in the genus Juniperus, in the family Cupressaceae. 

Juniperus communis is a small coniferous evergreen tree or shrub, very variable in form, ranging from 10 m ,rarely 16 m tall to a low, often prostrate spreading shrub in exposed locations. It has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. It never attains adult foliage. It is dioecious, with male and female cones, which are wind pollinated, on separate plants.

The fruit are berry-like cones, initially green, ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm diameter. The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard, unwinged seeds in their droppings.