Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Juniperus occidentalis Hook.


CUPRESSACEAE Family selection - Cypress family (Gymnosperms - Conifers)

Taxon Page:

Name: Juniperus occidentalis Hook. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 2: 166 (-167). 1838 [Dec 1838]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Western juniper
en English name: Sierra juniper
English name: western juniper

Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. ssp. australis Vasek
2) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. australis (Vasek) A.H. Holmgren & N.H. Holmgren
3) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. conjungens Engelm.
4) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. gymnocarpa Lemmon
5) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. occidentalis
6) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. texana Vasey
7) Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. utahensis (Engelm.) Kent



TAXONOMY

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


Page counter: 353 ( AVG: 218.8 / 217.747 )



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Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
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Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Cogne, località Valnontey, Giardino botanico alpino Paradisia., AO, Valle d'Aosta, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
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Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Cogne, località Valnontey, Giardino botanico alpino Paradisia., AO, Valle d'Aosta, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Cogne, località Valnontey, Giardino botanico alpino Paradisia., AO, Valle d'Aosta, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Cogne, località Valnontey, Giardino botanico alpino Paradisia., AO, Valle d'Aosta, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, ID, NV, OR, WA)

Distributional map for Juniperus occidentalis Hook.
Map for Juniperus occidentalis Hook.
(*) 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 occidentalis Hook. var. occidentalis [232]
2) Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little [365]
3) Juniperus oxycedrus L. [2024]
4) Juniperus phoenicea L. [1190]
5) Juniperus pseudosabina Fisch. & C.A. Mey. [286]
6) Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. [1052]
7) Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon [192]
8) Jurtsevia richardsonii (Hook.) A. Löve & D. Löve [182]
9) Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B. Sm. [1785]
10) Justicia crassifolia (Chapm.) Chapm. ex Small [228]

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