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Juniperus rigida
Also called Needle Juniper
Temple juniper is an evergreen conifer, a shrub or small tree up to about 10 m tall, with needle-like bright green leaves. It is hardy and tolerant of cold and poor soils, and it is grown mainly as an ornamental in sunny, well-drained spots.
Juniperus rigida, the temple juniper, is a species of juniper, native to northern China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and the far southeast of Russia (Sakhalin and Primorsky Krai), occurring at altitudes of 10–2,200 metres (33–7,218 ft). The species is also naturalized in the United States (California and Alabama). It is closely related to Juniperus communis (common juniper) and Juniperus conferta (shore juniper), the latter sometimes treated as a variety or subspecies of J. rigida.
It is a shrub or small tree growing to a height of 6–10 metres (20–33 ft) and a trunk diameter up to 50 centimetres (20 in). The leaves are evergreen, needle-like, in whorls of three, bright green to yellowish-green, 10–23 millimetres (1⁄2–1 in) long and 1–1.3 mm broad, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Juniperus rigida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
