Juniperus Sp.

Juniperus Sp.

Family: Cupressaceae

Characteristic features:

Habit: Shrubs or trees 

Leaves : linear spiny leaves in whorls of 3 or paired, or when adult with scale-like, opposite leaves or mixed foliage, usually dioecious

Reproductive structures : Cones on short branchlets or males axillary, of rounded, shield-shaped scales bearing 2–6 pollen sacs; females of 2–4 series of scales in pairs or whorls of 3, each with 1–2 ovules; mature cone fleshy, with few to 1 seed with woody testa.