Taxon: Juniperus ashei J. Buchholz

Common names:

• Ashe's juniper   (Source: F Missouri ) – English
  
• Mexican juniper   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  
• Mexican-cedar   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  
• mountain-cedar   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Ozark white-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• post-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• rock-cedar   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: lipids   (as source of Texas cedarwood lipids used in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (leading cause of respiratory allergy in South Texas fide Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 84:87-93. 2000)
  

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View toxicology references for Juniperus ashei from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Missouri [s.], Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila

References:

• Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2. (Gen Juniperus)
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:418.
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 239–241.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
• Schwietz, L. A. et al. 2000. Cross-reactivity among conifer pollens. Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 84:87–93.
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:86.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Juniperus ashei. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Juniperus mexicana auct.
  

Check other databases for Juniperus ashei J. Buchholz:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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