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§1 Plant
Juniperus communis L.
vernacular common juniper — species · Cupressaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Cupressaceae Gray
- Genus
- Juniperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 385 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–8
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 40,363
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 385 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Ketchikan Gateway 02130
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Sitka 02220
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Broadwater 30007
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Erie 42049
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/JUCO6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2684709 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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