Lexic.us

Definition of Dwarf juniper

1. Noun. A procumbent variety of the common juniper.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarf Juniper

Literary usage of Dwarf juniper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"dwarf juniper (Juniperus communis, Linn.)—Shrub of sprawling habit, or small tree 2o to 3o feet, with short trunk and irregular, open head of erect branches ..."

2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"dwarf juniper. Low or prostrate alpine shrub, 1 foot high or less, ... The Dwarf Juniper is found at an elevation of 8000 to 9500 feet in the high Sierra ..."

3. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"... It is frequently confounded with the dwarf Juniper of Europe (J. nana), ... while those of the dwarf juniper lay flat, or creep along the ground. No. 2. ..."

4. Illustrated Key to the Wild and Commonly Cultivated Trees of the by James Franklin Collins, Howard Willis Preston (1912)
"Common Juniper, Juniperus communis L. The low spreading dwarf juniper (var. ... dwarf juniper. Leaves of two forms, one form awl-shaped, two at a node, ..."

5. In Northern Spain by Hans Gadow (1897)
"In fact we never saw a pine tree along the whole of the Cantabrian range, or on the southern plateau. Juniperus nana, W. (dwarf juniper). The dwarf juniper ..."

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