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Also called ground cedar. Part of juniper genus Juniperus in cypress / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to large parts of 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇮🇸 Iceland, coastal 🇬🇱 Greenland, and 🗻 mountainous or northern 🇺🇸 USA. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (scroll down), 🗺 map (North America, Central America).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Juniperus hosts caterpillars of 41 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Junipers are the ❄ winter host for 🍄︎⚕︎ fungal disease trellis rust (TR) Gymnosporangium sabinae. Which then transfers to nearby 🍐︎ pear genus Pyrus as the ⚘ summer host. Then back again!So in areas that may have this disease, do not plant these two hosts within 300 m (1000 ft) of each other!
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🏠︎ cypress / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae juniper genus Juniperus