Rocky Mountain juniper

noun

variants or Rocky Mountain red cedar

: a small to medium-sized conical evergreen tree (Juniperus scopulorum) that is native to the Rocky mountain region, has reddish brown shreddy bark, often drooping branchlets, and gray-green foliage, and is used for hedges and other ornamental purposes

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