Reproduction

Juniper is a monecious plant, meaning that it has both female and male structure on the same plant.

The male reproductive organ is the pollen sacs usually a smaller cone, that will release its pollen into the air at the time of germination. When the pollen is in the air it pollinates the female ovules, or stobili=cones, where the germination will produce the naked seed, in Juniper’s case the Juniper berry.

 

The maturation of the female cones takes approximately 1-2 years. Each of the scales on the female cones has 1-3 wingless seeds, when the seeds are wind pollinated they start their development and become fleshy or leathery, resulting in the berry formation.

Juniper has lots of friends that like to interact with it!

 

 

 

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