Brush - Range & Pasture - Redberry Juniper

BES-TEX BRUSH ID GUIDE

Redberry Juniper

Redberry Cedar, Pinchot's Juniper

Juniperus pinchotii

Perennial Evergreen Brush

Plant Type

Spreading, bushy evergreen tree; cypress family (Cupressaceae)

Life Cycle

Perennial; native

Leaf Habit

Evergreen

Typical Height

Up to 20 ft (Texas A&M)

Photo Gallery

Redberry juniper growing as a dense, rounded evergreen shrub in rangeland — **Whole Plant** Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Redberry juniper scaly foliage loaded with reddish-brown berries — **Foliage and Berries** Photo: CK Kelly, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to Identify It

Quick ID

Growth Form

Spreading, bushy tree with no central stem (Texas A&M)

Foliage

Dark green masses of slender, sharp-pointed leaves
Resin glands leave white specks on the leaves (Texas A&M)

Fruit

Red or reddish brown when mature, usually one seed (Texas A&M)

Resprouts

Resprouts from stumps after disturbance (Texas A&M)

Look-Alikes

Ashe Juniper

Ashe juniper has blue berries and dies when cut at ground level; redberry has red fruit and resprouts (Texas A&M, Brush Busters)

Counter script: "If it is a bushy cedar with no central trunk, red berries, and it sprouts back after cutting, it is most likely redberry juniper."

Where It Grows

Texas

West, West-Central, and North-Central Texas (Brush Busters)
Ecoregions (Texas A&M): Blackland Prairies, Cross Timbers and Prairies, Edwards Plateau, Rolling Plains, High Plains, Trans-Pecos

Oklahoma

[PLACEHOLDER]

New Mexico

[PLACEHOLDER]

Sites and soils: Most common on dry rocky or gravelly soils: open hills, arroyos, canyons, slopes, plains, flats, creeks, and drainages (Texas A&M).

Best Time to Control

Seedlings under 2 ft tall are easy to kill (Brush Busters). Larger plants resprout, so mechanical work must remove the basal knob.

Redberry juniper is a woody perennial. No pre-emergent herbicide controls redberry juniper.

Treatment Methods

Mechanical (Grubbing)

Grub out the plant below the basal knob; cutting above it leads to resprouts (Brush Busters)
Treat seedlings while they are small (Brush Busters)

Herbicide Options

We did not find a Corteva non-restricted product label or Texas A&M Brush Busters guide that lists redberry juniper. Call BES-TEX for help choosing a labeled option.
Rates and mixes: follow the label

Individual Plant vs. Broadcast

Density guidance for this plant: [PLACEHOLDER]
Follow the label for broadcast use

Product names are examples only. Always read and follow the product label. For product selection and help, contact BES-TEX at 325.653.1300.

Sources: Brush Busters: How to Master Cedar and How to Avoid Lumps When Treating Cut Stumps (Texas A&M AgriLife); Texas A&M Plants of Texas Rangelands. No allowed Corteva non-restricted product found for redberry juniper.