Juniperus barbadensis var. barbadensis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
CONIFEROPSIDA |
CONIFERALES |
CUPRESSACEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Juniperus barbadensis var. barbadensis
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Common Name/s:
| English |
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Barbados Cedar, Pencil Cedar |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
D
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: |
Conifer Specialist Group |
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
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. |
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| Range Map: |
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Grows on rocky outcrops.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
Overgrazing and overcutting are the main threats.
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