Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Juniperus ashei
Juniperus ashei J. Buchholz
Ashe Juniper, Ashe's Juniper, Mountain Cedar, Rock Cedar, Post Cedar, Texas Cedar, Brake Cedar, Mexican Juniper, Blueberry Juniper, Ozark White Cedar, Sabino, Enebro
Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)
USDA Symbol: JUASUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Juniperus ashei
Ashe Juniper, Mountain Cedar
Cupressaceae
Location: S edge of East-West Path, 1/3 way East from wooden footbridge to Oakwell Farms Pky--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Level, alkaline soil. Partial shade of Quercus. Lone tree.
Description: Tree, 5.5 m tall. Bark thin, ashy gray-brown, peeling. Branches spreading. Leaves seemingly alternate, sometimes in 3's, flattened. Fruit dark-blue, glaucous, globose-ovoid, to 17.5 x 8.5 mm wide/long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 25, 1994
Specimen number: 620
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0906
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: DXFXB Dioecious/pistillate (In fruit)