Cupressaceae
Drooping juniper
Juniperus flaccida
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- جونيبيروس فلاكسيدا
- English
- Drooping juniper, Mexican drooping juniper, Weeping juniper
- lah
- روندا صنوبر
- Persian
- ارس مجنون
- Spanish
- Cedro Liso, Enebro, Tascate
Synonyms
- Juniperus flaccida var. gigantea Roezl ex Gaussen
- Juniperus flaccida var. typica Martinez
- Juniperus foetida var. flaccida (Schltdl.) Spach
- Juniperus foetida var. squarrulosa Spach
- Juniperus gracilis Endl.
- Sabina flaccida (Schltdl.) Antoine
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: doyleistre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest_in_the_Sierra_Madre_Oriental_with_Agave.jpg : 0+000 derivative work: MPF, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: annikaml, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.