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needle-leaf junipers
Juniperus
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus ( joo-NIP-ər-əs) of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomic authority, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far south as tropical Africa, as far north as the Arctic, and parts of Asia and Central America. The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) in southeastern Tibet and the northern Himalayas, creating one of the highest tree lines on earth.
8 branches of this group, most-observed first
common juniper
speciesJuniperus communis
Juniperus oxycedrus
complexJuniperus oxycedrus
Formosan juniper
speciesJuniperus formosana
temple juniper
speciesJuniperus rigida
yew-leaved juniper
speciesJuniperus taxifolia
Juniperus tairukouensis
speciesJuniperus tairukouensis
Juniperus × souliei
hybridJuniperus × souliei
Maire's juniper
speciesJuniperus mairei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.36
Herbarius
1485 · p.162
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.162
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.37
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.73
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.161
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.163
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.273
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.159
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.276
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.217
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.161
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Juniperus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 701535.