Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

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Botanical name
Juniperus communis
Also known as
Common Juniper, Common-Juniper, Dwarf Juniper, Ground Juniper, Juniper, Low Juniper, Malchangel, Mountain Juniper, Prostrate Juniper
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Juniperus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Juniper

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Juniperus communis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Juniperus albanica Juniperus argaea Juniperus borealis Juniperus communis f. aurea Juniperus communis f. compressa Juniperus communis f. crispa Juniperus communis f. oblonga-pendula Juniperus communis f. pendula Juniperus communis f. pendulina Juniperus communis f. pungens Juniperus communis f. stricta Juniperus communis f. suecica Juniperus communis subsp. brevifolia Juniperus communis subsp. cupressiformis Juniperus communis subsp. pannonica Juniperus communis var. arborescens Juniperus communis var. aurea Juniperus communis var. brevifolia Juniperus communis var. compressa Juniperus communis var. erecta Juniperus communis var. fastigiata Juniperus communis var. hispanica Juniperus communis var. montana Juniperus communis var. oblonga Juniperus communis var. oblonga-pendula Juniperus communis var. pendens Juniperus communis var. pendula Juniperus communis var. pendula-aurea Juniperus communis var. reflexa Juniperus communis var. stricta Juniperus communis var. suecica Juniperus communis var. variegata-aurea Juniperus communis var. vulgaris Juniperus compressa Juniperus cracovia Juniperus dealbata Juniperus fastigiata Juniperus hibernica Juniperus hispanica Juniperus interrupta Juniperus kanitzii Juniperus microphylla Juniperus oblonga-pendula Juniperus reflexa Juniperus saxatilis Juniperus uralensis Juniperus vulgaris Juniperus withmanniana Sabina dealbata

Others in Juniperus

Juniperus bregeonii
Juniperus brevifolia
Azores Juniper
Juniperus communis var. communis
Juniperus communis var. kelleyi
Juniperus deltoides var. deltoides
Juniperus deltoides var. spilinana
Juniperus deppeana
Alligator Juniper
Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana

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