Juniperus indica

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:	Juniperus indica
Species Authority:	Bertol.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern     ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Conifer Specialist Group
Justification: This species has a large range and is locally common in at least parts of its distribution. There are no known threats. Consequently assessed as Least Concern. Variety caespitosa, a decumbent high altitude form of Juniperus indica, has been recently recognized in the Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys (Farjon 2005), and is likewise classed as Least Concern (assessment date: 1 March 2007). It is probably common and widespread in the dry, north-draining high valleys of the Himalayas.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Himalayas.
Countries:	Native: Bhutan; China (Tibet [or Xizang], Yunnan); India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh); Nepal
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Population [top]

Population:

Locally common in at least parts of its range.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Variety caespitosa is a decumbent high altitude shrub. It occurs in dry valleys on south-facing slopes in open scrubland, on screes, in pioneer forest on river terraces; sometimes also on northwest slopes. Elevation (from GIS): 2,805 to 4,703 m; (from herbarium specimens): 3,600 to 4,800 m. Variety indica is an erect shrub or small tree and tends to occur at lower altitudes.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No threats are known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Occurs in some protected areas: Sagarmatha National Park and Quomolangma, Shey-Phoksundo, Annapurna, Sagarmatha and Jigme Dorji Reserves.

Bibliography [top]

Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliograpy of Conifers. 2nd edition. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Farjon, A. 2005. A Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.