Cupressaceae
California juniper
Juniperus californica
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- جونيبروس كاليفورنيكا
- azb
- کالیفورنیا آردیجی
- Azerbaijani
- Kaliforniya ardıcı
- Bulgarian
- Калифорнийска хвойна
- English
- California juniper
- German
- Kalifornischer Wacholder
- Hebrew
- ערער קליפורני
- lah
- کیلیفورنیا صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Californiaeiner
- Persian
- ارس کالیفرنیایی
- Russian
- Можжевельник калифорнийский
- Spanish
- Cedro, Huata, Callitris articulata
- udm
- Калифорниысь сусыпу
Synonyms
- Juniperus californica f. lutheyana J.T.Howell & Twisselm.
- Juniperus cedrosiana Kellogg
- Juniperus cerrosianus Kellogg
- Juniperus pyriformis A.Murray bis
- Sabina californica (Carrière) Antoine
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Nyenyec assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.