Juniperus bermudiana L.

Monoecious or dioecious shrub or tree with thin, shredding bark; branchlets terete or 3-6-angled, variously oriented but not in flattened sprays. Leaves: juvenile leaves needle-like, usually in whorls of 3, spreading, acute to mucronate, with 1 or 2 pale bands on upper surface; adult leaves opposite, in 4 ranks, closely appressed to divergent, scale-like to subulate, free portion up to ± 10 mm long; abaxial gland visible or not, usually elongate, sometimes exuding white crystalline deposit. Male cones with 3-7 pairs or trios of sporophylls. Female cones maturing in 1-2 years, globose to ovoid, fleshy, 3-20 mm in diam., remaining closed, usually glaucous; scales persistent, in 1-3 pairs, peltate, tightly coalesced, usually thick and fleshy. Seeds 1-3 per scale, round to faceted, wingless.

Sandy soils and limestone rocks near sea level. Shallow, calcareous soils on hillsides and along marshes and coastlines.

The berries have been eaten.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.