Cupressaceae
Western juniper
Juniperus occidentalis
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- العرعر الغربي
- arz
- جونيبروس اوكسيدنتاليس
- azb
- باتی آردیجی
- Azerbaijani
- Qərb ardıcı
- Belarusian
- Ядловец заходні
- Bulgarian
- Западна хвойна
- Chinese
- 美洲刺柏, 西美圆柏
- English
- Western juniper
- French
- Genévrier occidental, Genevrier occidental
- German
- Westamerikanischer Wacholder, Westlicher Wacholder
- Hebrew
- ערער מערבי
- lah
- لیندا صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sierraeiner
- Persian
- ارس غربی
- Russian
- Можжевельник западный
- udm
- Шунды пуксён пал сусыпу
Synonyms
- Chamaecyparis boursieri Decne.
- Cupressus bacciformis Knight ex Gordon
- Juniperus andina Nutt.
- Juniperus californica var. siskiyouensis L.F.Hend.
- Juniperus dealbata Knight
- Juniperus occidentalis f. corbetii R.P.Adams
- Juniperus occidentalis f. robinsonii O.V.Matthews
- Juniperus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
- Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Juniperus pseudocupressus Dieck
- Sabina occidentalis (Hook.) Antoine
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, 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.