Verde River, Bridgeport
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Plant - winter
Sedona area
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Leaves and berries
Hartwell Canyon, NW of Sedona
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Cones - female
Sedona area
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Plant Description

Origin: Native
General Description: Evergreen. Small shrubby tree with pinkish-red juicy berry-like cones; open, irregular crown of spreading branches. Trunk diameter to 8 inches. Lower branches originate near the ground level.
Identification notes: 2 leaf types, whip and scale-like; scale-like leaves pointed at apex, not overlapping or by less than 1/4 their length; whip-leaf top surface has a powdery bloom. Cones fleshy, pinkish-red with powdery bloom. Male and female cones on different trees.
Height: 16 feet     Width: 10 feet


Habitat

Habitat Description: Desert grasslands, dry foothills and mountains. Dry, well-drained soils in full sun.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3200 - 5300 feet


Flowers - Gymnosperm, not a flowering plant


Leaves

Leaf Color: Gray-green   Type: Scales   Shape: Other   Margin: Other   Attachment: Other   Hairs: N
Description: Scale-like. In 4 rows forming 4 angled twigs. 1/16 inch long.


Fruit

Color: Bright red   Type: Cone or cone-like   Description: Male cones are small pale yellow in large clusters at ends of twigs. Female cones are small, round pale green, 5/16 inch in diameter. Hardens at maturity, fleshy when young. Fruit matures in 1 growing season, disperses in the fall, 1 to 2 seeds.


Bark/Branches

Bark Color: Reddish-brown or gray   Bark Texture (Mature): Shreddy or peeling   Bark and Branch Description: Furrowed and scaly. Twigs are stout and somewhat angular with reddish-brown color.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N

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