Juvenile (left) and adult foliage of Stone Pine (Pinus pinea), showing the dark brown scale leaves and needle leaves on an adult shoot ...
Adult Foliage - The mature leaves of a tree that has one type of young foliage and a distinctly different leaf shape at maturity.
Adpressus - A hugging plant form, pressing against.
Many Junipers produce two types of foliage, the normal adult foliage, which is close and compact and the juvenile or 'oxycedrus' growth. Both types can occur on the same tree, indeed on the same branch.
Junipers have foliage of two types, needle-like juvenile foliage and scale-like adult foliage, species that exhibit predominantly one or the other are used for bonsai cultivation.
 See also: Species, Plant, Tree, Growing, Evergreen
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