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Juniperus communis
(common juniper)

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Juniperus communis (common juniper)

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Last modified
20 November 2019

Datasheet Type(s)
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Juniperus communis

Preferred Common Name
common juniper

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Gymnospermae
Class: Pinopsida

Uses List
Essential oils
Host of pest
Ornamental
Spices and culinary herbs
Traditional/folklore

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Identity

Preferred 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

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Gymnospermae
Class: Pinopsida
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus
Species: Juniperus communis

List of Pests

Major 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; Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth); Megastigmus bipunctatus (juniper seed chalcid); Monoctenus juniperi (arborvitae, sawfly); Planococcus vovae

Uses List

Environmental

Host of pest

General

Ornamental

Human food and beverage

Spices and culinary herbs

Materials

Essential oils

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

Traditional/folklore

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