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Juniperus oxycedrus ssp. oxycedrus
Cade Juniper
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0323 1149 (2023-03-25)Copyright © 2023 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Aug 31, 2013
latitude 44.63741 longitude 14.39895
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Adriatic Sea, island Lošinj; southeast of village St. Jakov and about 150 m from sea shore; Kvarner archipelago (Rijeka region, Croatia)notes Slo.: rdečeplodni brin - syn.: Juniperus rufescens Link, nom. illeg., Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. rufescens Debeaux. - Habitat: sea shore, macchia, moderately inclined hill slope, southeast aspect, calcareous, skeletal ground, partly sunny; average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, elevations 32 m (105 feet), Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments (pertain to pictures in Flicker album Juniperus oxycedrus): Most people come in touch with genus Juniperus in alcoholic drinks, which contain berries of some its species for typical flavor or as a commonly known kitchen spice. Some of them also know the most common species (at least in the part of Europe, where I live) in this genus - the common juniper (Juniperus communis). But it is little known that the genus includes more than 60 taxa, which are not always easy to separate in some regions of their distribution. Juniperus oxycedrus is a wide spread and common member of genus Juniperus. It is a typical Mediterranean plant, which grows in the form of small sprawling or medium-sized shrubs right up to trees of considerable height with trunk diameter up to 50 cm (Ref.1). The plant is an important member of Mediterranean macchia and tolerates extremely stony ground and hot direct sun. The pictures shown here are from three islands in northwest Adriatic Sea: Krk, Lošinj and Olib, where the taxon is very common. Its berries (which are botanically not berries but unusually shaped cones) are considered equivalent to berries of Juniperus communis in their use by some people, however, others consider it (slightly) poisonous. In fact, the berries of both taxa contain chemical thujone, which is clearly a poison present also in well-known drinks absinthe and gin. Actually the concentration of thujone in the berries of Juniperus oxycedrus is higher than in those of the common juniper. Nevertheless, this heliophilous (loving sun) and xerophilous (adapted to a very dry habitat) species is highly sought by many kind of birds who are the main agents of the dissemination. - To recognize Juniperus oxycedrus is easy. Its leaves are very sharp at the end and have two white lines along the leaf blade (see Fig. 21). - Ref.: (1) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and bushes of Adria) (in Slovene), Modrijan Pub, (2012), p 74. (2) https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/juniperus-oxycedrus/?lang=en (accessed March 11. 2023) (3) T. Nikolić, Flora Croatica, Vaskularna flora Republike Hrvatske (Vascular Flora of the Republic Croatia), Vol. 2., Alfa d.d.. Zagreb (2020) p 53, (4) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 116.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_0747/2013_ DSC_7878 photo category: Plant - shrub
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