Cupressaceae
Alligator juniper
Juniperus deppeana
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 鳄皮圆柏
- English
- Alligator juniper, Checkerbark juniper
- Spanish
- Cedro Chino, Táscate, Táscate Blanco
Synonyms
- Juniperus foetida Spach
- Juniperus foetida var. multicaulis Spach
- Juniperus gigantea Roezl
- Juniperus mexicana Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham.
- Juniperus pachyderma Torr. ex Sitgr.
- Juniperus pachyphlaea Torr.
- Juniperus pachyphlaea f. ericoides Beissn.
- Juniperus thurifera Spach
- Sabina deppeana (Steud.) Y.Yang & K.S.Mao
- Sabina gigantea (Roezl) Antoine
- Sabina mexicana Antoine
- Sabina pachyphlaea (Torr.) Antoine
- Sabina plochyderma Antoine
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Hawk666, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.