Juniperus species

 

CLASSIFICATION Evergreen conifer

HABIT/SIZE Small ground cover shrub to tree

LEAVES Opposite or in whorls around the stem; scale-like; blueish-green

FRUIT/SEED/CONE Female seed cone is a purple-black, berry-like cone with a bloomy, blue, waxy coating. Plants are dioecious, with male and female cones on separate plants.

BARK Scaly, thin, shreddy; brown to reddish-brown; peeling off in strips

 

A large dark green juniper bush in front of an RV    

Juniper plants have scale-like bluish green leaves

The leaves and greyish blue berries of a juniper plant