Cupressaceae
Formosan juniper
Juniperus formosana
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- عرعر فورموزي
- arz
- عرعر فورموزى
- azb
- فورموز آردیجی
- Azerbaijani
- Formoz ardıcı
- Cantonese
- 刺柏
- Chinese
- 刺柏, 刺松, 台桧, 台湾柏, 山刺柏, 山杉, 柔弱刺柏, 矮柏木
- English
- Formosan juniper, Prickly cypress
- German
- Formosa-Wacholder
- lah
- فارموسی صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Taiwansk einer
- Persian
- ارس فورموزی
- Russian
- Можжевельник формозский
- udm
- Тайваньысь сусыпу
Synonyms
- Juniperus chekiangensis Nakai
- Juniperus formosana f. tenella Hand.-Mazz.
- Juniperus formosana subsp. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) Silba
- Juniperus formosana var. concolor Hayata
- Juniperus formosana var. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) R.P.Adams & C.F.Hsieh
- Juniperus mairei Lemée & H.Lév.
- Juniperus tairukouensis S.S.Ying
Photos
LeavesPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 林正文, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 祐, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, 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). About our plant data.