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Native to 55 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Assam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Oregon, Deschutes (Bend)
44.060833, -121.283333
Location Remarks
City of Bend. Pilot Butte State Park. Summit of Pilot Butte. 1250 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Barbara Davidson
Notes
Juniper woodland on slopes of a small spatter cone (the butte).
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Juniperus
Specific Epithet
occidentalis
Authorship
Hook.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#850 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 2 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →