Datasheet
Juniperus communis (common juniper)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Juniperus communis L.
Preferred Common Name
- common juniper
Other Scientific Names
- Juniperus oblonga M. Bieb.
International Common Names
- Spanish: Enebro comun
- French: Genevrier commun
- Portuguese: zimbro-comum
Local Common Names
- Germany: Gemeiner Wacholder; Heide- Wacholder
- Italy: Ginepro comune
- Netherlands: Jeneverboom
- Sweden: vanlig En
EPPO code
- IUPCO (Juniperus communis)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Gymnospermae
- Class: Pinopsida
- Family: Cupressaceae
- Genus: Juniperus
- Species: Juniperus communis
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Phytophthora austrocedri; Stigmina deflectans (needlecast disease of juniper); Trisetacus juniperinus (juniper gall mite)Minor host of:
Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Armillaria ostoyae (armillaria root rot); Callidiellum rufipenne (Japanese cedar longhorn beetle); Cinara cupressi sensu lato (Cypress aphid); Gymnosporangium clavipes (quince rust); Heterobasidion abietinum; Heterobasidion annosum; Heterobasidion parviporum; Hylurgops palliatus (lesser spruce shoot beetle); Lymantria monacha (nun moth); Otiorhynchus armadillo (armadillo weevil); Panolis flammea (pine beauty moth); Pityogenes chalcographus (sixtoothed spruce bark beetls); Seiridium cardinale (cypress canker); Sphaeropsis sapinea (Sphaeropsis blight)Wild host of:
Arceuthobium oxycedri (juniper dwarf mistletoe)Host of (source - data mining):
Dichrooscytus valesianus; Gymnosporangium clavariiforme; Megastigmus bipunctatus (juniper seed chalcid); Monoctenus juniperi (arborvitae, sawfly); Planococcus vovaeUses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- Host of pest
General
- Ornamental
Human food and beverage
- Spices and culinary herbs
Materials
- Essential oils
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore