Now past peak, but a few still blooming, and most are now starting to get small berries. The white berries that appear after blooming are also quite small. About through blooming. The brownish tips on the branches of the junipers now are the male cones, filled with pollen. Found in relatively cool, shady places such as north-facing slopes in Emerald Pools Canyon.
Flowers are clusters of small green globules, soon followed by single-winged seed pods.
Leaves are small, opposite, slightly toothed toward the ends. The flowers are small, and red to reddish-brown, and since the leaves are often rather reddish then, they are not really obvious. Our larger ones are usually along the Canyon Overlook trail. The flowers are the odd-looking stringy reddish things you see hanging down. They are soon followed by the typical two-winged maple seed pods.