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Juniperus oxycedrus, vernacularly called Cade, cade juniper, prickly juniper, prickly cedar, or sharp cedar, is a species of juniper, native across the Mediterranean region, growing on a variety of rocky sites from sea level.
J. procumbens ‘Nana’– This Japanese type of juniper shrub forms a dense mat of prickly blue-green needles that turn slightly purplish in winter. It grows slowly to 6-12 inches tall, 3-6 feet ...
Juniperus navicularis (syn. Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. transtagana), the Portuguese prickly juniper, is a species of juniper endemic to the southwestern Iberian Peninsula. [2] Although it is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Mediterranean Juniperus oxycedrus, [3] phylogenetic studies have found the two are not closely related. [4] [5] [6 ...
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus (/ dʒ uː ˈ n ɪ p ər ə s / joo-NIP-ər-əs) [1] of the cypress family Cupressaceae.Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far south as tropical Africa, including the Arctic, parts of Asia, and Central America.
Juniperus deltoides (syn. Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. deltoides), the Eastern prickly juniper, is a species of juniper native to the eastern Mediterranean. [1] Although it is sometimes considered a subspecies of Juniperus oxycedrus , [ 2 ] phylogenetic studies have found the two are not closely related.
Juniperus occidentalis: western juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus oxycedrus: prickly juniper; cade juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus sabina: savin juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus scopulorum: Rocky Mountain juniper Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus silicicola: southern redcedar Cupressaceae ...
Morphological variation of Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus (Cupressaceae) in the Mediterranean region. Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 202(2): 133-147. Nikolić, T. (Ed.), 2015. Flora Croatica Database. Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Accessed in September 2016.
Cupressaceae is a widely distributed conifer family, with a near-global range in all continents except for Antarctica, stretching from 70°N in arctic Norway (Juniperus communis) [3] to 55°S in southernmost Chile (Pilgerodendron uviferum), further south than any other conifer species. [4] Juniperus indica reaches 4930 m altitude in Tibet. [5]