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Juniperus conferta (shore juniper and blue pacific juniper) [2] is a species of juniper, native to Japan, where it grows on sand dunes. [3] It is often treated as a variety or subspecies of Juniperus rigida .
Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae. An evergreen conifer , it has the largest geographical range of any woody plant , with a circumpolar distribution throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere .
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and are best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, jenever). A juniper-based spirit is made by fermenting juniper berries and water to create a "wine" that is then distilled.
Juniperus chinensis, the Chinese juniper, is a species of plant in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to China, Myanmar, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. [1] Growing 1–20 metres ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 65 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) tall, it is a very variable coniferous evergreen tree or shrub.
The hybrid between Juniperus chinensis and Juniperus sabina, known as Juniperus × pfitzeriana (Pfitzer juniper, synonym J. × media), is found in the wild where the two species meet in northwestern China, and is also very common as a cultivated ornamental plant. It is a larger shrub, growing to 30–60 cm tall.
Juniper extracts used topically may cause skin allergic reactions, and should be avoided during pregnancy. [8] The tree's essential oil is especially rich in the tricyclic sesquiterpene thujopsene. [11] The heartwood contains an estimated 2.2% of thujopsene; this explains the superior natural durability of the wood itself. [12]
Styphelia confertus, commonly known as Torrington beard-heath, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of New South Wales. It is a small shrub with erect, oblong or lance-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers, the petals with shaggy hairs.
Juniperus horizontalis, the creeping juniper or creeping cedar, [4] is a low-growing shrubby juniper native to northern North America, throughout most of Canada from Yukon east to Newfoundland, and in some of the northern United States.