Juniperus pinchotii

Juniperus pinchotii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	Juniperus
Species:	J. pinchotii
Binomial name
Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.
Natural range
Synonyms
Juniperus erythrocarpa Cory Juniperus texensis van Melle

Juniperus pinchotii, commonly known as Pinchot juniper or redberry juniper, is a species of juniper native to south-western North America, in Mexico: Nuevo León and Coahuila, and in the United States: south-eastern New Mexico, central Texas, and western Oklahoma.

It grows at altitudes between 600 and 2,100 metres (2,000 and 6,900 feet).^[2][3]

Description

Juniperus pinchotii is an

are scale-like, 1–2 mm long and 0.5–1.5 mm broad on small shoots, up to 12 mm long on vigorous shoots; they are arranged in alternating whorls of three or opposite pairs. The juvenile leaves, produced on young seedlings only, are needle-like.

The

Hybrids

Hybrids with Juniperus coahuilensis are known.^[3] They have also occasionally been reported with Juniperus monosperma, but never verified; all claimed hybrids tested have proven not to be. These two are unable to hybridize in nature, being isolated by pollination time (autumn for J. pinchotii, late winter for J. monosperma).^[3]

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