Taxon: Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Juniperus scopulorum forma horizontalis (no accessions)
• Juniperus scopulorum forma viridifolia (no accessions)

Common names:

• red-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• river juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• Rocky Mountain juniper   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• Rocky Mountain red-cedar   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• ginepro delle Montagne Rocciose   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• cedro rojo   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  
• röd-en   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide AH 519)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua [n.], Coahuila

• also cultivated

References:

• Adams, R. P. 2000. Systematics of smooth leaf margin Juniperus of the western hemisphere based on essential oils and RAPD DNA fingerprinting. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 28:149–162.
• Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. 2:416.
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 375–378.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Juniperus scopulorum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Juniperus scopulorum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Juniperus scopulorum.

Check other web resources for Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Juniperus scopulorum cultivars
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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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