Tree
Bark |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Fruit |
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Bark |
Leaves |
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Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 50-150cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering May - June
(Earliest: 14.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monoterpenoids | Camphene, Junionone, Limonene, Myrcene, Phellandrene, Pinene, Sabinene, Terpinene | ||||
| Sesquiterpenoids | Amorphene, Cadinene, Cadinol, Caryophyllene, Cubebol, Cubenol, Germacrene, Gleenol,
Humulene, Longiborneol, Longifolene, Longipinene, Muurolene, Sativene, Zonarene | ||||
| Other Terpenoids | Sujiol | ||||
| Flavonoids | Amentoflavone, Cupressoflavone, Hynokiflavone, Methyl-biflavone, Hydroxyluteolin,
Hypolaetin, Isoscutellarein | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Spruce Forest | |||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Mycorrhizae: |
Entoloma vernum | |||
| Parasites: |
Gymnosporangium cornutum | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Chionodes electella Larva |
Ditula angustiorana Larva |
Polydrusus marginatus |
Cryptocephalus pini | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Pentatomidae |
Speudotettix subfusculus |
Phytocoris pini |
Aulacorthum solani |
Elasmostethus interstinctus | ||||
| Xylophages: |
Anthaxia quadripunctata Larva (Wood Borer) | |||
| Needle Decomposers: |
Hemimycena lactea |
Roridomyces roridus |
Gymnosperm Generalists |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Juniper
Picture © 2003, 2004, 2007, 2019 J.K. Lindsey
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