Juniper
GENUS OF PLANTS
Juniperus; Juniperus classification; Junipers; Juniper species; Juniper extract; Juniper twig; Juniper heath
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus ()Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995: 606–607 of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa, throughout parts of western, central and southern Asia, east to eastern Tibet in the Old World, and in the mountains of Central America.