delirium florens
Juniperus conferta
As Juniperus conferta, this plant is given the English common name of shore juniper. However, there is no agreed upon classification and so you may find the same plant classified as a subspecies or even variety of the temple juniper as Juniperus rigida subsp. or var. conferta. Juniperus regida is native to eastern Asia from Sakhalin island (Russia) to the Ryukyu islands in southern Japan. Juniperus conferta or the subspecies seems at least to be present in Japan where it grows on sand dunes.
Like all junipers, this species is an evergreen conifer. In the wild, they grow as shrubs or small trees, but in cultivation they are also used as ground covering creepers. Again, like all junipers, the female seed cones form a berrylike structure known as galbulus. Galbuluses are borne by cypresses and junipers. They are often mistaken for berries, but are actually cones whose fleshy scales accrete into a single mass under a unified epidermis. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lists Juniperus rigida on its Red List of Threatened Species. However, it is listed as Least Concern as its populations appear to be increasing.
Juniperus conferta
As Juniperus conferta, this plant is given the English common name of shore juniper. However, there is no agreed upon classification and so you may find the same plant classified as a subspecies or even variety of the temple juniper as Juniperus rigida subsp. or var. conferta. Juniperus regida is native to eastern Asia from Sakhalin island (Russia) to the Ryukyu islands in southern Japan. Juniperus conferta or the subspecies seems at least to be present in Japan where it grows on sand dunes.
Like all junipers, this species is an evergreen conifer. In the wild, they grow as shrubs or small trees, but in cultivation they are also used as ground covering creepers. Again, like all junipers, the female seed cones form a berrylike structure known as galbulus. Galbuluses are borne by cypresses and junipers. They are often mistaken for berries, but are actually cones whose fleshy scales accrete into a single mass under a unified epidermis. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lists Juniperus rigida on its Red List of Threatened Species. However, it is listed as Least Concern as its populations appear to be increasing.