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Stinking Juniper

Juniperus foetidissima

Also called Twia

Stinking Juniper
Photo: Vince Smith from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Albania to NW. Iran and Lebanon
Climate
temperate

About

Juniperus foetidissima, with common names foetid juniper or stinking juniper, is a juniper tree species in the family Cupressaceae.

Where it grows

The tree is native to southeastern Europe and Western Asia, from southern Albania and northern Greece, southern North Macedonia, across Turkey to Syria and the Lebanon, the Caucasus mountains, the Alborz mountains of northern Iran, and east to southwestern Turkmenistan. There is also an isolated population in the Crimea.

Other Juniperus plants

Oneseed Juniper · Arizona Juniper · Ashe's juniper · West Indies Juniper · Bermuda Juniper · Blanco's Juniper · Azores Juniper · California Juniper · Juniperus canariensis · Canary Islands Juniper · Sargent juniper · Chinese Juniper

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Juniperus foetidissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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