Juniperus virginiana

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157522
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Summary

Juniperus virginiana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,579 views/month, #1,078 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Juniperus sect. Sabina[5]
  • Taxon name: Juniperus virginiana[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Commons category: Juniperus virginiana[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Juniperus virginiana[9]
  • Commons gallery: Juniperus virginiana[10]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20878[12]
  • This taxon is source of: Juniperus virginiana twig[13], eastern redcedar[14], smell of Virginia cedarwood[15]
  • Short name: J. virginiana[16]
  • Taxon common name: Eastern Juniper[17], Virginischer Wacholder[18], Genévrier de Virginie[19], Blyant-Ene[20], Kynäkataja[21], Virciniya ardıcı[22], Virginiai boróka[23], Ginepro della Virginia[24], エンピツビャクシン[25], 연필향나무[26], Virgininis kadagys[27], Jałowiec wirginijski[28], Можжевельник виргинский[29], Kurşun kalem ardıcı[30]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[31]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 940 years[32]

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Identifiers

Juniperus virginiana's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49399[33]. Juniperus virginiana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39584[34]. Juniperus virginiana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1061664[35]. Juniperus virginiana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2684391[36]. Juniperus virginiana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18048[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Juniperus virginiana include Cedar County[38], a county of Nebraska[39], in United States[40], founded in 1855[41].

Why It Matters

Juniperus virginiana has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Cedar County[38], a county of Nebraska[39], in United States[40], founded in 1855[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 13. Band: Gymnospermae. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved . explorer.natureserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . rmtrr.org. Retrieved . rmtrr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Juniperus sect. Sabina
    Subclass of → useful plant
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon synonym → Q10903849
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Sabina virginiana"
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