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Juniperus oxycedrus, vernacularly called Cade, cade juniper, prickly juniper, prickly cedar, or sharp cedar, is a species of juniper, native across the Mediterranean region from Algeria and Portugal, north to southern France, east to westernmost Iran, and south to Lebanon and Israel, growing on a variety of rocky sites from sea level up to 1,600 metres (5,200 feet) in elevation. The specific epithet oxycedrus means "sharp cedar" and this species may have been the original cedar or cedrus of the ancient Greeks.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Juniperus
- Family
- Cupressaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Sea-sands juniper en Portuguese prickly juniper
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