Juniperus communis var. saxatilis Pall.

English: Alpine Juniper

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Pinopsida (36)

      Order: Pinales (35)

        Family: Cupressaceae (13)(family description)

          Genus: Juniperus (7)

            Epithet: communis (8)

              Variety: saxatilis Pall.

communis => common, or growing in society

saxatilis => growing amongst rocks, rock-loving

Climate: frigid zone, temperate

Habit: shrub

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• [1856] Juniperus communis - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz