Cupressaceae
Rocky Mountain juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Bulgarian
- Скална хвойна
- Chinese
- 落基山圆柏, 岩生圆柏
- chy
- Vé'evêšéstótó'e
- Czech
- Jalovec skalní
- English
- Rocky Mountain juniper, Seaside juniper, Rocky Mountain redcedar
- French
- Genévrier des Rocheuses, Genevrier de Virginie
- German
- Rocky-Mountain-Wacholder, Zypressen-Wacholder
- Hebrew
- ערער המצוקים
- Hungarian
- Oregoni boróka
- Icelandic
- Klettaeinir
- Japanese
- コロラドビャクシン
- lah
- راکی پہاڑ صنوبر
- nv
- Gad niʼeełí
- Persian
- ارس کوههای راکی, ارس دریایی
- Russian
- Можжевельник скальный
- Spanish
- Cedro Rojo
- Swedish
- Röden
- udm
- Зарезь дурысь сусыпу
Synonyms
- Juniperus excelsa Pursh
- Juniperus maritima R.P.Adams
- Juniperus occidentalis var. pleiosperma Engelm.
- Juniperus scopulorum f. columnaris (Fassett) Rehder
- Juniperus scopulorum var. columnaris Fassett
- Juniperus virginiana subsp. scopulorum (Sarg.) A.E.Murray
- Juniperus virginiana var. montana Vasey
- Juniperus virginiana var. scopulorum (Sarg.) Lemmon
- Sabina maritima (R.P.Adams) Y.Yang & K.S.Mao
- Sabina scopulorum (Sarg.) Rydb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: John Powers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Fluit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Indio Brown, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brian Finzel, 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.