{"id":1598,"date":"2025-01-24T09:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:52:43","slug":"common-juniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/common-juniper\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Juniper"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Juniperus communis<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2>Growing Information<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Plant Type:<\/strong> Shrub<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Sunlight:<\/strong> Sun<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Soils:<\/strong> Dry<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Bloom Time:<\/strong> Non-showy yellow flowers in spring<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Size:<\/strong> 3-5 feet in height and 5-8 foot spread<\/p>\n<p>This low-growing shrub is able to grow in a variety of conditions, having the widest worldwide native range of any conifer. Although it may become a small tree in other parts of the world, on the Cape it is commonly seen as a small, creeping shrub. The juniper \u201cberries\u201d that this plant features, known for flavoring gin and as a common seasoning, are actually seed cones, resembling a tiny version of a typical conifer cone.<\/p>\n<h2>Garden Companions<\/h2>\n<p>Pennsylvania Sedge (<em>Carex pensylvanica<\/em>), New Jersey Tea (<em>Ceanothus americanus<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h2>Nature Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 Provides dense winter cover for birds and small mammals<br \/>\n\u2022 Cones act as a food source for a variety of birds<\/p>\n<h2>Native Habitat<\/h2>\n<p>Cliffs and ledges, dry fields, and rocky slopes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Common-Juniper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Plant Datasheet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juniperus communis Growing Information \u2022 Plant Type: Shrub \u2022 Sunlight: Sun \u2022 Soils: Dry \u2022 Bloom Time: Non-showy yellow flowers in spring \u2022 Size: 3-5 feet in height and 5-8 foot spread This low-growing shrub is able to grow in a variety of conditions, having the widest worldwide native range of any conifer. Although it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shrub"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/common-juniper-cape-cod-native-plants.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1601,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodnativeplants.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}