Bloom Native gardener's
field companion

Explore

Field report Layers Search
Log in Sign up
  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
  5. Conifers
  6. Cypresses, Junipers, Redwoods, and Allies
  7. Cypresses, Cedars, Junipers, and Allies
  8. Junipers
  9. Top native

Top native junipers

4 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Well drained Clear all

Filter

4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 12 Well drained 4 Moist 1

Water use

Low 3 High 1

Soil

Rocky 4 Sand 4 Loam 3 Clay 3

Soil pH

Neutral 3 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 4

Deer resistant

Yes 3

Resists

Salt 3 Dry soil 2 Pollution 2 Erosion 1 Heat 1 Poor soil 1 Urban conditions 1

Form

Habit

Erect 3 Dense 2 Pyramidal 2 Columnar 1 Multi stemmed 1 Rounded 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Tree 3 Shrub 2 Ground cover 1 Perennial 1 Poisonous 1
  • Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana caterpillars 36 hosts 2 food 43 flowers 19
  • Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis caterpillars 30 food 22 flowers 3
  • Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum caterpillars 25 hosts 6 food 22
  • One-seed Juniper Juniperus monosperma caterpillars 12 hosts 5 food 30

We can't find the internet

Attempting to reconnect

Something went wrong!

Attempting to reconnect