Juniper
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