Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta

Cupressaceae Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta (Parl.) Kitam.

Etymology
Juniperus refers to the Latin name for junipers.
rigida refers to ‘stiff’; possibly indicating its needles are stiff.
conferta refers to ‘densely packed together’; indicating its foliage is more densely distributed than var. rigida.

Colloquial Name
Shore juniper

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Juniperus rigida:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 31, SAK, 38, JAP, JAP-HK, JAP-HN, JAP-KY

Habitat
The natural habitats for Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta are temperate forests, sandy shoreline and/or beaches/sand bars/spits . It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 50 metres. There are no conifers associated with Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta is stable. There are no known threats for Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Juniperus rigida is Sect. Juniperus. The coordinate taxa for Juniperus rigida are therefore:

Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta is further placed under Cupressoideae. Juniperus rigida ssp. conferta is also placed under Cupressaceae.

Cultivars
‘Akebono’, ‘All Gold’, ‘Blue Ice’, ‘Blue Lagoon’, ‘Blue Mist’, ‘Blue Pacific’, ‘Blue Shore’, ‘Blue Toshio’, ‘Brookside Variegated’, ‘Boulevard’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Emerald Ruffles’, ‘Emerald Sea’, ‘Golden Wings’, ‘Gold Splash’, ‘Hi Kari’, ‘Rosedora’, ‘Schlager’, ‘Shiro Toshio’, ‘Silver Mist’, ‘Sunsplash’