Utah Juniper, Bigberry Juniper, Desert Juniper

I have over a hundred Shaggy Bark Junipers on my property and I have found that a large percentage of the trees on my property are male a...Read Morend only a few produce are berries.I have noticed that the trees that produce berries have a different kind of cone than the male trees.

Also known as Shaggy Bark Juniper, Cedro, Western Juniper & Sabina, this evergreen is the most common juniper in Arizona which grows to a...Read Morebout 20 ft high with a clearly defined 1.5 ft thick trunk.
The gray & fibrous bark shreds in long strips.
The red-brown cones are 3/4 inches in diameter, 1 to 2 seeded and covered with a gray waxy substance and take two years to mature.
The Yellow-green & scalelike leaves are 1/16th inch long.
It occurs in nature on plains, plateus, dry hills and mountains in pinyon-juniper woodlands in the range of 3000 to 7500 ft. elevation.
One can differentiate this species from the One-Seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) by having larger seeds, a well defined trunk and a broad rounded crown.
Both the male and female flowers occur on the same tree. Mistletoe is common in this species. The wood is used for firewood, posts & hogans and the cones are eaten by wildlife and used by the Native Americans as beads and medicine.
You can find this tree around the Lake Ashurst area amongst other places.
It is native to AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT & WY in the USA.

Additional synonym are:
Juniperus californica ssp. osteosperma
Juniperus californica var. osteosperma
Juniperus californica var. utahensis
Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis
Juniperus utahensis var. megalocarpa
Sabina osteosperma

I used to live in southern Utah and I had 120 acres of Juniper and Pinion Pine so I tried to find out some things it was good fo...Read Morer except fire wood.-Juniper is a usefull plant,the bark has enough acid to be used for tanning hides,and a tea of it will ward off some insects in the garden[esp. aphids]. Boxes or chests made of Juniper wood are not bothered by insects,and the contents is protected as well.
Juniper berries have many medicinal uses,it is used to rid the body of retained uric acid,and as a disease preventative,it is very high in natural insulin. It has the ability to restore the pancreas when there has been no permanent damage,and is excellent for infections.Juniper is high in vitamin C,and rich in minerals.