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Evergreen shrub, dioecious, of stunted appearance, which can measure up to 1.5 m in height \u2014exceptionally reaching up to 2.5 m\u2014\u00a0 and several meters in diameter. Under extreme conditions of high mountains, its shape is that of a hemispherical bush. Trunk very tortuous, generally branching from the base. Bark red-brown, that can easily detach into small flaky plates. Leaves born in whorls of 3, very close to each other, giving the bush a very dense appearance; acicular, rigid, spiky, \u00b1 flat, green, upper side of the leaf blade with a wide white longitudinal band; small in size (4-12 \u00d7 1.3-2 mm). Male cones ovoid, yellow, born solitary in leaf axils of male plants. Female plants produce female cones or galbuli, small (6-10 mm), fleshy and subglobose, blackish, covered, like the leaves, by a distinctive bluish-white waxy powder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12795","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJuniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica (C. Presl) Nyman - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica (C. Presl) Nyman - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evergreen shrub, dioecious, of stunted appearance, which can measure up to 1.5 m in height \u2014exceptionally reaching up to 2.5 m\u2014\u00a0 and several meters in diameter. 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