Juniperus barbadensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Juniperus barbadensis

Species Authority:

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Juniperus barbadensis ssp. lucayana

See Juniperus barbadensis var. barbadensis

Common Name/s:

English

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West Indies Juniper

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1998	–	Critically Endangered (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1998	–	Critically Endangered
1997	–	Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The typical variety is confined to a single inaccessible rocky outcrop on St. Lucia. Variety lucayana is more widespread, being recorded from the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti (now extinct there) and Jamaica. However, it is now rare in Cuba because of past overexploitation is rarely seen in the Bahamas.
Countries:	Native: Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Saint Lucia Regionally extinct: Haiti
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Population [top]

Population:	Overcutting in the past and overgrazing today have led to the confinement of the species to an inaccessible rocky outcrop, where it occurs in a dwarfed form. It is thought that forms growing to 15 m were more frequent at one time.

Population:

Overcutting in the past and overgrazing today have led to the confinement of the species to an inaccessible rocky outcrop, where it occurs in a dwarfed form. It is thought that forms growing to 15 m were more frequent at one time.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Found in remnant forests on steep slopes, and on inaccessible rocky outcrops.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Exploited for fuelwood and timber while overgrazing is a problem for the typical variety.

Major Threat(s):

Exploited for fuelwood and timber while overgrazing is a problem for the typical variety.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 2000. Juniperus barbadensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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