COMMON NAME(S): Prickly Juniper 

LEAF: Needle-like and whorled, are glaucous and have two white stomatic lines on the lower surface, the upper surface is green 

BARK: Gray-brown, thin shreddy/flaky 

FLOWER: strobile generally reddish when ripe, but sometimes covered with a bloom that makes it look bluish-red

GROWTH: Scarcely reaches 25’  

DISTRIBUTION: From Newfoundland southwest through the mountains to North Carolina and  New Mexico and west to Pennsylvania 

LOCATION: Herleman Rd., Quincy, IL