Index / Search / Juniperus scopulorum
§1 Plant
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
vernacular Rocky Mountain juniper — species · Cupressaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Cupressaceae Gray
- Genus
- Juniperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 228 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 9–26 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 30,400
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 228 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Pitkin 08097
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jerome 16053
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 20 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/JUSC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2684773 ↗Record version
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