Cupressaceae
Creeping juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- العرعر الافقى
- Basque
- Ipuru herrestari
- Chinese
- 匍匐雪松, 平枝圆柏
- Czech
- Jalovec polehlý
- English
- Creeping juniper
- French
- Genévrier rampant, Savignier, Sevigné
- German
- Kriech-Wacholder
- Hungarian
- Henye boróka
- Icelandic
- Skriðeinir
- Indonesian
- Arar buaya
- Japanese
- アメリカハイビャクシン
- Kazakh
- Жайыла өсетін арша
- lah
- رڑدا صنوبر
- Persian
- ارس خزنده
- Polish
- Jałowiec płożący
- Russian
- Можжевельник распростёртый
- Slovenian
- Polegli brin
- Swedish
- Amerikansk krypen
Synonyms
- Juniperus horizontalis f. alpina (Lodd. ex Loudon) Rehder
- Juniperus horizontalis f. glomerata Rehder
- Juniperus horizontalis f. lobata O.W.Knight
- Juniperus horizontalis subsp. hamptonensis Silba
- Juniperus horizontalis subsp. neopangaea Silba
- Juniperus horizontalis var. alpina (Lodd. ex Loudon) Rehder
- Juniperus horizontalis var. douglasii Rehder
- Juniperus horizontalis var. douglasii hort.
- Juniperus horizontalis var. glomerata Rehder
- Juniperus horizontalis var. variegata Beissn.
- Juniperus hudsonica Forbes
- Juniperus prostrata Pers.
- Juniperus racemosa Risso
- Juniperus repens Nutt.
- Juniperus sabina f. prostrata (Pers.) Voss
- Juniperus sabina var. alpina Lodd. ex Loudon
- Juniperus sabina var. humilis Hook.
- Juniperus sabina var. procumbens Pursh
- Juniperus sabina var. prostrata (Pers.) Loudon
- Juniperus virginiana var. prostrata (Pers.) Torr.
- Sabina horizontalis (Moench) Rydb.
- Sabina horizontalis f. douglasii (Rehder) Moldenke
- Sabina prostrata (Pers.) Antoine
- Sabina racemosa (Risso) Antoine
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: SriMesh, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Piechocki, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Wang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nicholas Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pranya G, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sinéad Tuttle-Lerner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hickman.le, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Howard Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 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.