Juniperus brevifolia
| Juniperus brevifolia | |
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| Juniperus brevifolia on the humid montane dwarf forests of Pico Island | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales
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| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | Juniperus |
| Section: | Juniperus sect. Juniperus
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| Species: | J. brevifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Juniperus brevifolia | |
Juniperus brevifolia, the Azores juniper, is a species of
It is a
dioecious, with separate male and female plants. The seed cones are berry-like, green ripening in 18 months to orange-red with a variable pink waxy coating; they are spherical, 6–9 mm diameter, and have three or six fused scales in one or two whorls of three, the three larger scales each with a single seed. The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings. The male cones are yellow, 2–3 mm long, and fall soon after shedding their pollen in early spring.[2][3]
This is a
invasive introduced plants.[1]
Habitat fragmentation
On the island of Graciosa, Juniperus brevifolia has gone extinct, and on the other islands, it remains endangered.[4] The decline in population is due to habitat fragmentations of its preferred habitat (laurel forest) caused by island colonization and grazing pressures.[4][5]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ ISBN 1-4120-4250-X
- ^ ISBN 1-84246-068-4
- ^ .
- S2CID 86477003.