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Juniperus chinensis, the Chinese juniper, is a species of plant in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to China, Myanmar, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. [1] Growing 1–20 metres ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 65 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) tall, it is a very variable coniferous evergreen tree or shrub.
Juniper [8] Kalmia latifolia: Mountain laurel or spoonwood Also known as spoonwood or calico bush [17] Kochia scoparia: Burning bush Also known as summer cypress or Mexican firewood [8] Lantana camara: Yellow sage [24] Ligustrum: Privets [17] Lolium perenne: Perennial ryegrass [10] Lupinus: Lupins [3] Lychee: Lychee
Juniperus scopulorum is a small evergreen tree that in favorable conditions may reach as much as 20 metres (66 feet) in height. [4] However, on sites with little water or intense sun it will only attain shrub height, and even those that reach tree size will more typically be 4.6–6.1 metres (15–20 feet) tall in open juniper woodlands. [5]
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and are best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, jenever). A juniper-based spirit is made by fermenting juniper berries and water to create a "wine" that is then distilled.
The plants frequently bear numerous galls caused by the juniper tip midge Oligotrophus betheli (Bibionomorpha: Cecidomyiidae); these are conspicuous pale violet-purple, produced in clusters of 5–20 together, each gall 1–2 centimetres (3 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with dense modified spreading scale-leaves 6–10 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ...
Georgia coach Kirby Smart turned over his offense to Mike Bobo in 2023. The results have been concerning and were highlighted in a loss to Alabama.
Juniperus recurva, commonly named the Himalayan juniper [2] or drooping juniper, is a juniper native to the Himalaya, from northern Pakistan, through India, Nepal and Bhutan, to western Yunnan in southwestern China. It grows at altitudes of 3,000–4,000 metres (9,800–13,100 feet).
Every autumn the Spartan polis declared war on the helots, allowing them to be killed and abused by members of the Crypteia without fear of religious repercussion. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Uprisings and attempts to improve the lot of the helots did occur, such as the conspiracy of Cinadon of 399 BC.