Juniperus procumbens is a species of shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to Japan.

The cones are berry-like, globose, 8–9 mm in diameter, dark blackish-brown with a pale blue-white waxy bloom, and contain two or three seeds (rarely one); they are mature in about 18 months.

The male cones are 3–4 mm long, and shed their pollen in early spring.

Several cultivars have been selected, the most widely grown being 'Nana', a slow-growing procumbent plant,[3][5] which in the UK has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

[6][7] Others include 'Bonin Isles', a strong-growing mat-forming plant collected on the Bonin Islands,[5] and 'Green Mound', which may just be a renaming of 'Nana'.