Juniperus horizontalis Moench

Juniperus horizontalis Moench

CUPRESSACEAE

- Cypress family (Gymnosperms - Conifers)

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Name: Juniperus horizontalis Moench

Nomencl. ref.: Methodus (Moench) 699. 1794 [4 May 1794]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Creeping juniper

English name: American savin

English name: creeping juniper

French name: sevigné

Grown habit: Subshrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. argentea hort.
= Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. douglasii hort.
= Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. glauca Hornibr.
= Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. variegata Beissn.
= Juniperus hudsonica Forbes
= Juniperus prostrata Pers.
= Juniperus repens Nutt.
= Juniperus virginiana L. var. prostrata (Pers.) Torr.
= Sabina horizontalis (Moench) Rydb.
= Sabina prostrata (Pers.) Antoine

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. argentea hort.
2) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. douglasii hort.
3) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. glauca Hornibr.
4) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. variegata Beissn.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus
Species:

Page counter: 2037 ( AVG: 221.5 / 290.248 )

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Juniperus horizontalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, Villa Revoltella., TS, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus horizontalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, giardino privato, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus horizontalis
Leaves at Home Depot Nursery Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Juniperus horizontalis
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 67.

Juniperus horizontalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus horizontalis
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CT, IA, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NY, RI, SD, VT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Juniperus horizontalis Moench
Map for Juniperus horizontalis Moench
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. argentea hort. [156]
2) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. douglasii hort. [148]
3) Juniperus horizontalis Moench var. glauca Hornibr. [220]
4) Juniperus hudsonica Forbes [142]
5) Juniperus lucayana auct. non Britton [141]
6) Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. [384]
7) Juniperus nana Willd. [137]
8) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. texana Vasey [125]
9) Juniperus phoenicea L. [1194]
10) Juniperus sabina L. [1038]

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