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Juniperus saxicola
Also called Pico Turquino Juniper, Turquino Juniper
Juniperus saxicola is a small tree or shrub from the cypress family, found only in Cuba, growing 3 to 8 m tall with needle-like leaves and no scale leaves as an adult. Little is documented about cultivation, so it is mainly of interest to botanists and rare-conifer collectors.
Juniperus saxicola is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae.
It is found only in Cuba.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Juniperus saxicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
