Types of Juniper
Alligator juniper hybridizes with oneseed juniper (J. monosperma) from central Mexico through the Southwest to southern Colorado [53,79]. Redberry juniper (J. pinchotii) is a stabilized hybrid of alligator juniper and oneseed juniper [89,129].
Juniperus ashei (Ashe juniper, post cedar, mountain cedar, or blueberry juniper) is a drought-tolerant evergreen tree, native to northeastern Mexico and the south-central United States north to southern Missouri; the largest areas are in central Texas, where extensive stands occur.
About California Juniper (Juniperus californica) Juniperus californica (California Juniper) is a species in the Cupressaceae (Cypress) family native to southwestern North America; as the name implies, it is mainly found in California, but also extends through most of Baja California, and a short distance into southern Nevada and western Arizona.
Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of conifer in the genus Juniperus, in the family Cupressaceae. It has the largest geographical range of any woody plant, with a circumpolar distribution throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic south in mountains to around 30°N latitude in North America, Europe and Asia.
Juniperus virginiana — its common names include red cedar, eastern redcedar, Virginian juniper, eastern juniper, red juniper, pencil cedar, and aromatic cedar — is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Great Plains.
Juniperus angosturana R.P.Adams: Juniperus angosturana is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. Distribution. The tree is endemic to northeastern Mexico. It is found in habitats of the Sierra Madre Oriental range ...
Juniperus barbadensis has a wide distribution in the northern Caribbean, in about two restricted sites in Cuba, on five islands in northern part of the Bahamas and in one site on St Lucia in the southern Caribbean.
Juniperus bermudiana is a species of juniper endemic to Bermuda. This species is most commonly known as Bermuda cedar, but is also referred to as Bermuda juniper. Historically, this tree formed woodland that covered much of Bermuda.
Juniperus blancoi is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is endemic and found only in Mexico. References. Conifer Specialist Group 1998.
Juniperus brevifolia, the Azores juniper, is a species of juniper, ... (Prickly Juniper) of the Mediterranean region and Juniperus cedrus (Canary Islands Juniper) ...
Juniperus cedrus Webb & Berthel. Juniperus cedrus (Canary Islands juniper) is a species of juniper, native to the western Canary Islands (Tenerife, La Palma, Gran Canaria, Gomera) and Madeira (J. cedrus Webb & Berthel. subsp. maderensis (Menezes) Rivas Mart et al.), where it occurs at altitudes of 500–2400 m.
Juniperus chinensis, commonly called Chinese juniper, is a dioecious evergreen conifer that is native to China, Japan, Mongolia and the Himalayas.
Juniperus coahuilensis, commonly known as redberry juniper, is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family.
Juniperus comitana is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Sources This conifer-related article is a stub. You can ...
Juniperus conferta, commonly called shore juniper, is a decumbent evergreen shrub that is native to certain sandy coastal areas of Japan and Sakhalin Island (Russia).
Juniper is the exclusive food plant of the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bucculatrix inusitata and juniper carpet, and is also eaten by the larvae of other Lepidoptera species such as Chionodes electella, Chionodes viduella, juniper pug and pine beauty; those of the tortrix moth C. duplicana feed on the bark around injuries or canker.
Juniperus drupacea, the Syrian juniper, is a species of juniper native to the eastern Mediterranean region from southern Greece (Parnon Oros, Peloponnese), southern Turkey, western Syria, and Lebanon, growing on rocky sites from 800–1700 m altitude.
Juniperus durangensis Martínez: Juniperus durangensis is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico, in the states of Aguascalientes, ...
Juniperus excelsa, commonly called the Greek juniper, is a juniper found throughout the eastern Mediterranean, from northeastern Greece and southern Bulgaria across Turkey to Syria and Lebanon, and the Caucasus mountains.
Juniperus flaccida (drooping juniper, weeping juniper or Mexican juniper; Native American names include tláscal) is a large shrub or small tree reaching 5–10 m (rarely to 15 m) tall.
Juniperus formosana (Formosan juniper) is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is a shrub or tree to 15 m (49 ft) tall, found in China (from Tibet in the west to Zhejiang in the east) and in Taiwan.
***Juniperus communis - Common juniper ****Juniperus communis subsp. alpina - Alpine juniper ***Juniperus conferta - Shore juniper (syn. J. rigida var. conferta) ***Juniperus rigida - Temple juniper or needle juniper **Juniperus sect. Juniperus subsect. Oxycedrus: Cones with 3 separate seeds; needles with two stomatal bands.
Juniperus gracilior Pilg. Infra-specific Taxa Assessed: See Juniperus gracilior var. ekmanii. See Juniperus gracilior var. gracilior. See Juniperus gracilior var ...
Genus name comes from the Latin name for the juniper. Specific epithet is in obvious reference to the horizontal branches. ‘Wiltonii’ is a female cultivar noted for its excellent, dense, prostrate form, typically growing to 4-6” tall and spreading to 6-8’ wide. It features silver blue foliage that acquires purple tones in winter.
Juniperus jaliscana, known commonly as the Jalisco juniper, is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae.. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known from only two locations, in Durango and Jalisco.
Juniperus komarovii is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is found only in China . References The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species , retrieved 3 April 2017 Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Juniperus komarovii . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
Juniperus monosperma (one-seed juniper) is a species of juniper native to western North America, in the United States in Arizona, New Mexico, southern Colorado, western Oklahoma , and western Texas, and in Mexico in the extreme north of Chihuahua.
Whilst it may be so that these biochemical differences exist (and even could turn out to be consistent with wider sampling), it remains to be demonstrated that it is taxonomically informative to base species concepts on such data, creating "cryptic species". The same arguments apply to Juniperus zanonii.
A further species Juniperus macrocarpa, confined to Mediterranean coastal sands, is more distinct but has also often been treated as a subspecies of Prickly Juniper, as J. oxycedrus subsp. macrocarpa; it differs in the broader leaves 2–3 mm wide, and larger cones 12–18 mm diameter.
Juniperus phoenicea, the Phoenicean juniper or Arâr, is a juniper found throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal east to Italy, ...
Juniperus pinchotii (Pinchot juniper or redberry juniper; syn. J. erythrocarpa Cory, J. texensis van Melle) is a species of juniper native to southwestern North America, in Mexico: Nuevo León and Coahuila, and in the United States: southeast New Mexico, central Texas, and western Oklahoma.
The tree form of the species occurs below the tree line in subalpine forest or woodland, usually in clearings of Abies or Picea forest, or in more open Pinus densata and Larix potaninii woodland; where it can occur together with its decumbent form J. pingii var. wilsonii and with J. squamata.
Juniperus procera (known by the common English names African juniper, African pencil-cedar, East African juniper, East African-cedar, and Kenya-cedar) is a coniferous tree native to mountainous areas in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is a characteristic tree of the Afromontane flora.
Juniperus procumbens, commonly called Japanese garden juniper, is a dwarf, procumbent, shrubby ground cover that grows 8-18” (sometimes to 24”) tall and spreads over time by long trailing branches to form a dense mat 10-15’ wide.
Juniperus przewalskii (Przewalski's juniper) is a species of juniper native to the mountains of western China in Gansu, Qinghai, and northernmost Sichuan, growing at altitudes of 1,000-3,300 m.
Juniperus recurva, commonly named the Himalayan juniper or drooping juniper, is a juniper native to the Himalaya, from northern Pakistan east to western Yunnan in southwestern China.
Juniperus rigida Siebold & Zucc. Juniperus rigida (temple juniper) is a species of juniper, native to northern China, Korea, Japan, and the far southeast of Russia (Sakhalin and Primorsky Krai), occurring at altitudes of 10-2,200 m.
Juniperus sabina, commonly known as savin juniper, is a shrubby evergreen conifer that is native to mountain areas of central and southern Europe to the Caucusus.
Juniperus saltillensis is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family.. The shrub or bushy tree is endemic to northern Mexico, in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas.
Juniperus saltuaria is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is endemic to southern China and Tibet. The trees grow up to 20 metres (66 ft) high.
Juniperus saxicola. Britton et P. Wilson 1923. Common names Taxonomic notes. Synonymy: J. barbadensis L. subsp. saxicola (Britton et P. Wilson) Borhidi 1992; J. barbadensis L. var. saxicola (Britton et P. Wilson) Silba 2000. Type specimen León 10798 (NY) from Sierra Maestra, Oriente, Granma Province (Adams 1995).
Juniperus semiglobosa (English: Himalayan Pencil Juniper; Chinese: 昆仑多子柏; pinyin: Kūnlún duō zi bǎi) is a species of juniper native to the mountains of Central Asia, in northeastern Afghanistan, westernmost China (), northern Pakistan, southeastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, western Nepal, northern Republic of India, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Juniperus squamata (flaky juniper or Himalayan juniper; Chinese: 高山柏 gao shan bai) is a species of juniper native to the Himalayas and China, from northeastern Afghanistan east to western Yunnan in southwestern China, and with disjunct populations north to western Gansu and east to Fujian.
Juniperus standleyi is a species of juniper native to Guatemala and the adjacent extreme southeast of Mexico (Volcán Tacaná in Chiapas), where it occurs at elevations of 3,000–4,250 m.
Juniperus taxifolia (Bonin Islands juniper; Japanese: シマムロ Shimamuro) is a species of juniper, endemic to the Bonin Islands southeast of Japan.. It is an evergreen coniferous shrub growing to a height of 1–3 m (rarely a small tree to 13 m tall).
Juniperus thurifera (Spanish juniper) is a species of juniper native to the mountains of the western Mediterranean region, from southern France (including Corsica) across eastern and central Spain to Morocco and locally in northern Algeria.
Juniperus tibetica (Tibetan juniper) is a species of juniper, native to western China in southern Gansu, southeastern Qinghai, Sichuan, and Tibet, where it grows at high to very high altitudes of 2,600–4,800 metres (8,500–15,700 ft).
Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) is a species of juniper native to western North America, in Canada in British Columbia and southwest Alberta, in the United States from Washington east to North Dakota, south to Arizona and also locally western Texas, and northernmost Mexico from Sonora east to Coahuila.
Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper; syn. J. utahensis) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3–6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It is native to the southwestern United States, in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, western New Mexico, western Colorado, Wyoming, southern Montana, southern Idaho and eastern California.
Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper or Sierra juniper) is a shrub or tree native to the western United States, growing in mountains at altitudes of 800–3,000 metres (2,600–9,800 ft) and rarely down to 100 metres (330 ft).