Taxon: Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little

Common names:

• big-berry juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• Utah juniper   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• sabina morena   (Source: F NAmer ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F CalifJep; Dict Gard)
  
• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: beads; wood   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document; AH 519)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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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)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.], Idaho [s.], Montana [s.-c.], Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.], California, Nevada, Utah

References:

• Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2. (Gen Juniperus)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:419.
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 327–330.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:95.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Juniperus osteosperma.

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

Synonyms:

• (=) Juniperus californica var. utahensis Engelm.
  
• (=) Juniperus knightii A. Nelson
  
• (≡) Juniperus tetragona var. osteosperma Torr. (basionym)
  
• (=) Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other databases for Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little:

• 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
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Juniperus osteosperma 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org

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• 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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