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Latin name	Juglans major (Torr.) A.Heller var. major
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Arizona to Oklahoma, Texas; N Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	M
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English name	typical Arizona walnut; Arizona walnut p.p.
French name	noyer de l'Arizona typique
Spanish name	nogal, nogal sylvestre
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Latin name	Juglans microcarpa Berland.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: New Mexico, Kansas to Texas; Mexico: Chihuahua to Nuevo Leon)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology	hel xer
Use	fr pl ti
Synonym	Juglans nana Engelm. Juglans rupestris Engelm. ex Torr.
English name	little walnut; river walnut, Texan walnut, Texas black walnut, Texas walnut
French name	noyer à petits fruits; noyer du Texas
Spanish name	namboca, nogal, nogalito
Other name	noce a frutti piccoli (italian); Texas-Walnuss (german)
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Latin name	Juglans nigra L.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario, Quebec; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Utah to Florida) int MW Eurasia (Denmark to Romania)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [sci] [hyg]->mes neut calc
Use	dr (for native American miscellaneous disease remedy, dermatological aid and psychological aid) dr(ob) (insecticide) fd (fruits, seeds used in confectionery) fr ma (dye) pl (ornamental) sa (shade) ti (furniture, gunstocks, wood for boats) tx (juglone: an allelochemic causing dermatitis and allelopathic effects on vegetation especially in wet soils; roots, wood shavings and pollen are toxic for horses)
Synonym	Wallia nigra (L.) Alef.
English name	black walnut; American black walnut (Canada); American walnut; Canadian walnut (Canada); eastern black walnut, gun wood; gunwood, walnut (USA)
French name	noyer noir; noyer d'Amérique, noyer de Virginie; noyer noir d'Amérique (Canada)
Spanish name	nogal americano; nogal negro (Spain)
Other name	noce nero americano (italian); Schwarze Walnuss, Schwarznuss (german)
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Latin name	Juglans olanchana Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (Colombia to Argentina)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd (fruits) ma (isolated material) ti (accessories, cabinet work, decorative veneer, flooring, interior construction, interior finishing, interior part of furniture, musical instruments, ornamental boxes, plywood corestock, turned work, wrapping)
Synonym	Juglans guatemalensis W.E.Manning
English name	Olancho walnut; walnut (Honduras)
French name	noyer d'Olancho
Spanish name	cedro negro (Honduras); nogal (Honduras, Nicaragua); tropical nogal (Honduras)
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Latin name	Juglans pyriformis Liebm.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Veracruz; Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	pearlike walnut
French name	noyer pyriforme
Spanish name	nogal (Honduras)
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Latin name	Juglans steyermarkii W.E.Manning
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SC North America (end Guatemala: Huehuetenango)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Ecology
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English name	Steyermark walnut
French name	noyer de Steyermark
Spanish name	nogal
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Latin name	Juniperus L.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Sabina Mill.
English name	juniper; cedar, pencil cedar, red cedar, savin (USA)
French name	genévrier; cèdre; cyprès p.p. (Haiti)
Spanish name	cedro (Mexico); ciprés (Guatemala); enebro (Mexico, Puerto Rico); huitun (Guatemala); sabina (Dominican Republic, Mexico); sabino, táscate, taxate (Mexico)
Other name	Bleistiftholz (german); ginepro (italian); mutarakwa, thed; Wacholder (german); yutnu-itne (Mexico)
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Latin name	Juniperus ashei J.Buchholz
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC North America (USA: Texas, New Mexico to Missouri; Mexico: Coahuila, Nuevo Leon)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC
Height	S[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
Use	fr fw ma (fuel, Texas red cedar oil) ti (fence posts)
Synonym	Juniperus occidentalis var. conjugens Engelm. Juniperus occidentalis var. texana Vasey Juniperus sabinoides (Kunth) Nees Sabina sabinoides (Kunth) Small
English name	Ashe juniper; arbuckle white-cedar, cedar brake, Mexican juniper, mountain cedar, mountain-cedar, one-seed juniper, Ozark white cedar, post-cedar, rock cedar, rock-cedar, Texas cedar
French name	genévrier de Ashe
Spanish name	cedro, cedro blanco, enebro, háscal, sabina, sabiño, tascate
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Latin name	Juniperus barbadensis L.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	ME SE North America (USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) int MW Eurasia (UK) and NE Oceania
North America distribution zone	ME SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
Use	ex fw pl ti (pencils)
Synonym	Juniperus australis Pilg. Juniperus bermudiana L. Juniperus ekmanii Florin Juniperus fragrans Hort. Juniperus gossainthanea Lodd. Juniperus gracilior Pilg. Juniperus lucayana Britton Juniperus saxicola Britton & P.Wilson Juniperus virginiana var. australis Endl. Juniperus virginiana var. barbadensis Gordon Sabina bermudiana Antoine
English name	Bermuda juniper; Bermuda cedar, Bermuda junifer, Bermuda red cedar; pencil cedar (St. Lucia); red cedar (Bahamas); sabina, southern red cedar; West Indian red cedar (Jamaica)
French name	genévrier des Bermudes; bois scie, cèdre à crayon, cypres (Haiti)
Spanish name	sabina (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Juniperus blancoi Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Durango)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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English name	Blanco juniper
French name	genévrier de Blanco
Spanish name	cedro, táscate
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Latin name	Juniperus californica Carrière
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW SW North America (USA: California, Nevada, Arizona; Mexico: N Baja California) int MW Eurasia (UK)
North America distribution zone	MW SW
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use	fd fr ti (posts)
Synonym	Juniperus cedrosiana Kellogg Juniperus cerrosianus Kellogg Juniperus pyriformis Lindl. Sabina californica (Carrière) Antoine
English name	California juniper; Californian juniper
French name	genévrier de Californie
Spanish name	cedro, huata
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Latin name	Juniperus comitana Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
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English name	Comitán juniper
French name	genévrier de Comitán
Spanish name	cedro; cipres, sicop (Guatemala); táscate
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Latin name	Juniperus communis L.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	N M North America (Canada, USA, France: St. Pierre and Miquelon; Denmark: Greenland) Eurasia and N Africa
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MW MC ME
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg? xer? acid->basi calc sili
Use	dr (infusion made with fruits or wood and twig decoction used as diuretic, antirheumatic, carminative and tonic) fd (fruits used to flavour gin and liqueurs, eaten with meat) fr pl (gardening, ornamental) ti(ob)
Synonym
English name	common juniper; dwarf juniper; juniper p.p. (Europe); prostrate juniper
French name	genévrier commun; genève, genévrier, genièvre
Spanish name	aginteka, agintza, agintze, arabota, brujo, cada, enebriza, enebro, enebro achaparrado, enebro albar, enebro común, enebro espinoso, enebro moris quillo, enebro rastrero, enebro real, enebrosa, epuru, ginebre, ginebre mascle, ginebre negral, ginebre ver, ginebrer, ginebrera, ginebrever, ginebro, ginebro real, gineibro, gorojo, grojo, hinastra, hinebro, hinieblo, hiniebro, ijiñebra, ijinebre, ijiñebre, iñibra, iñibre, ipurka, ipuru, ipurua, jabino, jinebro, junipero, junpuru, larraon, likabra, nebro, orre, orrea, orri, pinchorrero, rastrero, rosafin, sabina morisca, sabino, unpuru, zimbro, zimbro-común (Spain)
Other name	Gemeiner Wacholder (german); ginepro comune, ginepro montano (italian); iparu, larraon; Macholder (german); orri; Weidewacholder (german)
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Latin name	Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	N M North America (Canada: except British Columbia; USA: except Kansas to Kentucky, Oklahoma to Alabama and Florida; France: St. Pierre and Miquelon)
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MW MC ME
Height	[S]
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Juniperus canadensis Lodd. ex Burgersd. Juniperus communis ssp. depressa (Pursh) Franco Juniperus depressa (Pursh) Raf.
English name	oldfield common juniper
French name	genévrier commun déprimé
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Latin name	Juniperus deppeana Steud.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW MC SC North America (USA: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Nuevo Leon, Michoacan to Veracruz) int MW Eurasia (Germany)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SC
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->xer calc
Use	fr fw ti
Synonym	Juniperus deppeana var. pachyphlaea (Torr.) Martínez Juniperus mexicana Schltdl. & Cham. non Spreng. Juniperus pachyphloea Torr. Sabina pachyphlaea Antoine
English name	alligator juniper; checker-bark juniper, chequer-barked, western juniper p.p.
French name	genévrier alligator; genévrier de Deppe, genévrier gercé
Spanish name	cedro chino, tascate, tascate blanco
Other name	hàscal; Alligator-Wacholder (german)
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Latin name	Juniperus deppeana Steud. var. deppeana
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW MC SC North America (USA: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Nuevo Leon, Michoacan to Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SC
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use
Synonym	Juniperus deppeana ssp. sperryi (Correl) E.Murray Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana f. sperryi (Correl) R.M.Adams Juniperus deppeana var. sperryi Correl
English name	typical alligator juniper
French name	genévrier alligator typique
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Latin name	Juniperus deppeana var. patoniana (Martínez) Zanoni
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chihuahua, Durango)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
Use
Synonym	Juniperus patoniana Martínez Juniperus patoniana f. obscura Martínez
English name	Paton alligator juniper
French name	genévrier alligator de Paton
Spanish name	táscate (Mexico)
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Latin name	Juniperus durangensis Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc
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English name	Durango juniper
French name	genévrier de Durango
Spanish name	táscate (Mexico)
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Latin name	Juniperus flaccida Schltdl.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Tamaulipas to Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel? xer calc
Use
Synonym	Juniperus flaccida var. gigantea (Roezl) Gaussen Juniperus gigantea Roezl p.p. Juniperus gracilis Endl. Sabina flaccida (Schltdl.) Antoine
English name	drooping juniper; cedar, Mexican drooping juniper, Mexican juniper, weeping juniper
French name	genévrier pleureur; genévrier du Mexique p.p., genévrier flasque
Spanish name	cedrillo, cedro, cedro blanco, cedro liso, cedro tasco, tascate
Other name	ginepro del Messico (italian); Mexikanischer Wacholder (german)
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Latin name	Juniperus flaccida Schltdl. var. flaccida
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Tamaulipas to Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
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English name	typical drooping juniper
French name	genévrier pleureur typique
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Latin name	Juniperus flaccida var. martinezii (Pérez de la Rosa) Silba
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M?
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Juniperus martinezii Pérez de la Rosa
English name	Martinez drooping juniper
French name	genévrier pleureur de Martinez
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Latin name	Juniperus flaccida var. poblana Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M?
Foliage	E
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Use
Synonym	Cupressus thurifera Kunth non Schltdl. non L.
English name	Puebla drooping juniper
French name	genévrier pleureur de Puebla
Spanish name	cedro liso (Mexico)
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Latin name	Juniperus gamboana Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes->xer
Use
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English name	Gamboa juniper
French name	genévrier de Gamboa
Spanish name	cedro, táscate
Other name	tzotzil ni' (Mexico)
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Latin name	Juniperus jaliscana Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
Use
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English name	Jalisco juniper
French name	genévrier de Jalisco
Spanish name	cedro (Mexico)
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Latin name	Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW MC North America (USA: Utah to Oklahoma, Arizona to Texas; Mexico: Coahuila to Tamaulipas to Hidalgo) int MW Eurasia (Europe)
North America distribution zone	MW MC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use	fd(ob) fr fw (fuel) ma pl ti (posts)
Synonym	Juniperus occidentalis var. gymnocarpa Lemmon Juniperus occidentalis var. monosperma Engelm. Juniperus gymnocarpa (Lemmon) Cory Sabina monosperma (Engelm.) Rydb.
English name	oneseed juniper; cherry-stone juniper, cherrystone juniper, one-seed juniper, West Texas juniper
French name	genévrier monosperme; genévrier à une graine
Spanish name	sabina
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Latin name	Juniperus monticola Martínez
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Coahuila and Nuevo Leon to Puebla and Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes->xer
Use
Synonym	Cupressus sabinoides Kunth Juniperus monticola f. compacta Martínez Juniperus monticola f. orizabensis Martínez Juniperus tetragona Schltdl. non Moench
English name	montane juniper
French name	genévrier de montagne
Spanish name	cedro blanco; sabina (Mexico)
Other name	tláscal
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Latin name	Juniperus occidentalis Hook.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: Washington and Idaho to California) int MW Eurasia (UK)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [sci] xer
Use	fd (fruits) fr fw pl ti (posts)
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English name	western juniper; pencil wood (USA); sierra juniper, western red cedar, yellow cedar
French name	genévrier occidental
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Latin name	Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW MC North America (USA: Montana to California and New Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MW MC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	fd fr fw (fuel) ti (fence posts)
Synonym	Juniperus californica ssp. osteosperma (Torr.) E.Murray Juniperus californica var. osteosperma (Torr) L.D.Benson Juniperus californica var. utahensis Engelm. Juniperus knightii A.Nelson Juniperus megalocarpa Sudw. Juniperus monosperma var. knightii (A.Nelson) Lemmon Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis (Engelm.) Kent Juniperus tetragona var. osteosperma Torr. Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon Juniperus utahensis var. megalocarpa (Sudw.) Sarg. Sabina osteosperma (Torr.) Antoine Sabina utahensis (Engelm.) Rydb.
English name	Utah juniper; bigberry juniper, desert juniper
French name	genévrier de l'Utah
Spanish name	sabina morena
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Latin name	Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Arizona to Oklahoma and Texas; Mexico: Coahuila)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc
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Synonym	Juniperus coahuilensis (Martínez) Gaussen Juniperus erythrocarpa Cory Juniperus erythrocarpa var. coahuilensis Martínez Juniperus monosperma var. pinchotii (Sudw.) Melle Juniperus pinchotii var. erythrocarpa (Cory) Silba Juniperus texensis Melle
English name	Pinchot juniper; red-berry juniper, redberry juniper
French name	genévrier de Pinchot
Spanish name	cedro, táscate
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Latin name	Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	NW MW MC SC North America (Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan; USA: Washington to North Dakota, Oregon to Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Coahuila to Zacateca) int MW Eurasia (Europe)
North America distribution zone	NW MW MC SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes->xer calc basi
Use	cl(ob) (formely used by American Indians for chasing bad spirits after sickness) dr (blood coagulation, infusion against cold and for cardiac persons) dr(ob) (Amerindians used it to purify air) fd fw ma (Indians use to soak arrows all night long into this substance to make coagulate blood game and prevent animals to go away) ti (bows, snowshoes framing)
Synonym	Juniperus deppeana var. zacatecensis Martínez Juniperus scopulorum var. columnaris Fassett Juniperus virginiana ssp. scopulorum (Sarg.) E.Murray Juniperus virginiana var. montana Vasey Juniperus virginiana var. scopulorum (Sarg.) Lemmon Sabina scopulorum (Sarg.) Rydb.
English name	RockyMountain juniper; redcedar, river juniper, rock mountain red cedar, Rocky Mountain red cedar, Rocky Mountain redcedar, Rocky Mountains juniper; Rocky-Mountain juniper (USA); western juniper p.p. (Canada); western red-cedar, western redcedar
French name	genévrier saxicole; genévrier des montagnes du Colorado; genévrier des montagnes Rocheuses (Canada); genévrier des rochers; genévrier des Rocheuses (Canada); genévrier rouge de l'Ouest; genièvre des Rocheuses (Canada)
Spanish name	cedro rojó, sabino; tascate (Mexico)
Other name	Felsengebirge-Wacholder (german); ginepro delle Montagne Rocciose (italian)
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