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Juniperus horizontalis (Creeping Juniper; American Savin; Waukegan Juniper; Shrubby red cedar)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Juniperus horizontalis (creeping juniper or creeping cedar) is a low-growing shrubby juniper native to northern North America, throughout most of Canada from Yukon east to Newfoundland, and in the United States in Alaska, and locally from Montana east to Maine, reaching its furthest south in Wyoming and northern Illinois. It is closely related to Juniperus virginiana, and often hybridizes with it where their ranges meet in southern Canada. Hybrids with Juniperus scopulorum also occur.
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Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  Medium
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Frost Free Days [1]  3 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Thicket Forming
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting
Root Depth [1]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  None
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Shape/Orientation [1]  Prostrate
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A good ground cover plant for a sunny position; The bark has been crushed and used as a soft hygienic pad in cradles; It has also been used to make mats; The young twigs and leaves have been burnt as an incense;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Very Rich
Water Use [1]  High
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Dense
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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0