Common junipers have no central trunk but rather multiple spreading to ascending branches.

Common juniper, including its varieties, has the most extensive worldwide native range of any conifer. In Iowa the common juniper (Juniperus communis) is often only a large, bushy shrub, seldom reaching tree size.

Supporting soils may be from many It also often grows in partial shade. Juniper habitats occur on virtually all exposures and slopes but are common on level to gently rolling topography (Dealy et al. Common juniper is a hardy shrub, sometimes growing to tree size in a wide range of ecological conditions. Height.

Juniperus communis Trunk/Bark. The juniper of the chalk downlands and limestone hills of Britain belongs to the typical part of a species which extends, with many variations, throughout the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere; no other coniferous species has so wide a range.

1978). Junipers may be found on soils ranging from rocky and well drained (Cheatham and Haller 1975, Parker and Matyas 1981) to drier or poorly drained (Cheatham and Haller 1975). The dwarf juniper typically grows on dry, open, rocky slopes and mountainsides but may be found in stressed environments where competition with other plants is almost non-existent. Twigs are reddish-brown. Found in extreme northeast Iowa. It has a short, irregular trunk. These typically... Branches/Twigs.

Habitat: Grows on dry wooded bluffs and rocky slopes. Branches spread or ascend; branchlets are erect. Depending on whether this grows as …

Cupressaceae evergreen medium-sized tree with wide spreading branches branches pointed upwards, typically at a 45 o F angle from the ground usually found as a multi-branched shrub 5' to 10' tall and 8' to 12' wide slow growth medium texture

Although it attains the stature of a small tree elsewhere in the world, it usually takes the form of a low- spreading shrub in New England.