Juniperus communis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Juniperus communis

Species Authority:

Common Name/s:

English	–	Common Juniper, Dwarf Juniper, Juniper, Malchangel, Mountain Juniper, Prostrate Juniper
French	–	Genévrier, Genévrier Commun, Genévrier Nain
Spanish	–	Enebro, Ginepro Nano

Synonym/s:

Juniperus albanica Pénzes

Juniperus argaea Blansa ex Parl. [invalid]

Juniperus borealis Salisb. [illegit.]

Juniperus caucasica Fisch. ex Gordon [invalid]

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
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
Justification: An extremely widespread and common species. The varieties communis, depressa, megistocarpa, nipponica and saxatilis are all considered to be not threatened. Variety nipponica was reassessed in 2007 and confirmed to be Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Albania; Andorra; Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon); China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang); Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Georgia (Abkhaziya); Germany; Gibraltar; Greece (Kriti); Greenland; Hungary; Iceland; India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Italy (Sardegna); Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lebanon; Malta; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation (Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Dagestan, Irkutsk, Kabardino-Balkariya, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Sakhalin, Severo-Osetiya, Stavropol, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya); San Marino; Serbia (Serbia); Spain (Baleares); Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Uzbekistan
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Countries:

Native:

Afghanistan; Albania; Andorra; Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon); China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang); Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Georgia (Abkhaziya); Germany; Gibraltar; Greece (Kriti); Greenland; Hungary; Iceland; India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Italy (Sardegna); Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lebanon; Malta; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation (Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Dagestan, Irkutsk, Kabardino-Balkariya, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Sakhalin, Severo-Osetiya, Stavropol, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya); San Marino; Serbia (Serbia); Spain (Baleares); Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Uzbekistan

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Juniperus communis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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