- smaller trees or richly branched shrubs
- woody plants are dioecious or monoecious
- leaves are needle-like in trifoliate spikelets, or opposing scales
- the fruit is a spherical berry-like cone, which was formed by the fusion of several fleshy seed (fruit) scales
- about 60 species of the Northern Hemisphere belong to the genus
- There are three original species in Slovakia:
1. Common juniper (Juniperus communis L.)
2. Juniper (Juniperus sabina L.)
3. Alpine juniper (Juniperus sibirica Lodd.)
