Juniperus communis is
a spreading shrub that often forms large clones. The stiff
and sharp-pointed leaves can be painful to handle. The leaves
are all spreading and whorled on the twigs, i.e there are
often three
leaves at a node as opposed to the other Wisconsin Junipers
which have 2
opposite, mostly small, scale-like and tightly appressed
leaves at each node of the twig. There is usually a
light-colored stripe along the length of the top surface
of each leaf.
Common Juniper is found mostly
along the shores of the Great Lakes, on sandy, sunny sites
along the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers and in weedy
sites on sandy, disturbed or rocky sites in Door County
and on similar sites at scattered locations in southern
Wisconsin.
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