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Juniperus sabina (savin; Savin juniper)

Synonyms: Juniperus davurica; Juniperus davurica var. maritima; Juniperus officinalis; Juniperus sabina var. humilis; Juniperus sabina var. macrocarpa
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Wikipedia Abstract

Juniperus sabina (savin juniper or savin) is a species of juniper native to the mountains of central and southern Europe and western and central Asia, from Spain to eastern Siberia, typically growing at altitudes of 1,000-3,300 m ASL.
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Infraspecies

Juniperus sabina cupressifolia
Juniperus sabina f. fastigiata
Juniperus sabina f. sabina
Juniperus sabina sabina
Juniperus sabina tamariscifolia
Juniperus sabina var. arenaria
Juniperus sabina var. balkanensis
Juniperus sabina var. dauurica
Juniperus sabina var. davurica (Attributes)
Juniperus sabina var. sabina (Attributes)

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Hazards [1]  The whole plant is poisonous and can produce abortions;
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Scent [1]  All parts of the plant have a powerful pungent smell.
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  Leaves are used as an insect repellent, a decoction of them is used against lice; An essential oil from the leaves and shoots has strong diuretic properties and is also used in perfumery; Yields of around 4% are obtained, this oil is also used as an insecticide; A good dense ground cover plant, though it is slow to cover the ground; The species type eventually forms a high ground cover, but there are many named forms that are lower-growing; The sub-species J. sabina tamariscifolia has been particularly recommended; Plants should be spaced about 1.2 metres apart each way; The taller forms of this species make a good hedge;
Height [1]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Width [1]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
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Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gymnosporangium confusum[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Geographical ecology and variation of plant-seed disperser interactions: southern Spanish junipers and frugivorous thrushes, Pedro Jordano, Vegetatio 107/108: 85-104, 1993.
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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