Cupressaceae
Utah juniper
Juniperus osteosperma
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Catalan
- Ginebre de Utah, Ginebre d'Utah
- English
- Utah juniper, Bigberry juniper
- Esperanto
- Utaha junipero
- German
- Utah-Wacholder
- Hebrew
- ערער יוטה
- Japanese
- ユタジュニパー
- lah
- یوٹاہ صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Utaheiner, Utah-einer
- Persian
- ارس یوتا
- Russian
- Можжевельник жёсткосемянный, Можжевельник жесткосемянный
- Turkish
- Utah ardıcı
Synonyms
- Juniperus californica subsp. osteosperma (Torr.) A.E.Murray
- Juniperus californica var. osteosperma (Torr.) L.D.Benson
- Juniperus californica var. utahense Vasey
- Juniperus californica var. utahensis Engelm.
- Juniperus cosnino Lemmon
- Juniperus knightii A.Nelson
- Juniperus megalocarpa Sudw.
- Juniperus monosperma var. knightii (A.Nelson) Lemmon
- Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis (Engelm.) A.H.Kent
- Juniperus tetragona var. osteosperma Torr.
- Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon
- Juniperus utahensis var. cosnino Lemmon
- Juniperus utahensis var. megalocarpa (Sudw.) Sarg.
- Sabina knightii (A.Nelson) Rydb.
- Sabina megalocarpa (Sudw.) Cockerell
- Sabina osteosperma (Torr.) Antoine
- Sabina utahensis (Engelm.) Rydb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reed Nelson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kaden Slone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Indio Brown, CC BY 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.