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Ephedra fragilis (Joint Pine)

Synonyms: Ephedra fragilis desfontainii

Wikipedia Abstract

Ephedra fragilis, commonly named the joint pine, is a species of Ephedra that is native to eastern Mediterranean region of southern Europe and Northern Africa, and from Madeira and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic. Its habitats are rocky hills and stone walls, where it grows to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall.
View Wikipedia Record: Ephedra fragilis

Infraspecies

Ephedra fragilis cossonii
Ephedra fragilis fragilis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Shrub
Height [2]  5.904 feet (1.8 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sierra Espuña 43691 Spain  

Predators

Diaspidiotus cecconii[3]
Leucaspis riccae (white olive scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0