One-seed Juniper
Juniperus monosperma
One-seed juniper is a rugged, often multi-trunked juniper of Southwestern high desert and grassland, immensely drought-tough. Its berries feed wintering birds across the arid Southwest.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–30 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~42 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX