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Juniperus californica (California Juniper; Californian juniper)

Synonyms: Juniperus californica f. lutheyana; Juniperus cedrosiana; Juniperus cerrosianus; Juniperus pyriformis; Sabina californica (homotypic)
Language: Chi; Fre; Ger; Rus; Spa

Wikipedia Abstract

Juniperus californica, the California juniper, is a species of juniper native to southwestern North America.
View Wikipedia Record: Juniperus californica

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.47
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  Wood - soft, close grained, durable in contact with the soil. It is used for fencing and fuel;
Height [1]  39 feet (12 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States

Predators

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Neotoma lepida, B. J. Verts and Leslie N. Carraway, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 699, pp. 1–12 (2002)
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Neotoma stephensi, Clyde Jones and Nancy J. Hildreth, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 328, pp. 1-3 (1989)
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