Juniperus oxycedrus

Juniperus oxycedrus
Cade in southern France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus
Section: Juniperus sect. Juniperus
Species:
J. oxycedrus
Binomial name
Juniperus oxycedrus
Natural range
Synonyms
  • Juniperus glauca Salisb. nom. illeg.
  • Juniperus heterocarpa Timb.-Lagr. ex Loret & Barrandon
  • Juniperus heterocarpa Timb.-Lagr. ex Nyman
  • Juniperus oxycedrina St.-Lag.
  • Juniperus rufescens Link nom. illeg.
  • Juniperus souliei Sennen
  • Juniperus tenella Antoine
  • Juniperus tremolsii Pau
  • Juniperus wittmanniana Fisch. ex Lindl. nom. inval.
  • Oxycedrus echinoformis Carrière
  • Oxycedrus ericoides Pandiani
  • Oxycedrus withmanniana Carrière

Juniperus oxycedrus, vernacularly called Cade, cade juniper, prickly juniper, prickly cedar, or sharp cedar, is a species of juniper, native across the Mediterranean region, growing on a variety of rocky sites from sea level. The specific epithet oxycedrus means "sharp cedar" and this species may have been the original cedar or cedrus of the ancient Greeks.