A short bushy tree that grows pale berries

evergreen tree, bush

They vary in shize and shape, sometimes growing 66–131 ft tall or to columnar or low spreading shrubs with long trailing branches

bitter

green needles, pale, dustly blue berry looking seeds

the bush smells like pine, the berry smells tart

used to make alchohol or used as a spice

The seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form a "berry"-like structure, 1.06 inch long, with 1–12 unwinged, hard-shelled seeds.

used to fortify vitality

Can be found in dry, rocky locations planted in stony soils.