Juniperus oxycedrus L. subsp. oxycedrus

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Family: CUPRESSACEAE

Genus: Juniperus

Catalan common name: Càdec. Ginebre. Ginebró.

Spanish common name: Cada. Enebro.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Macrophanerophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Garden plants. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Holm oak forest and garriques.

Characteristics: The juniper is frequently found in the pineries of Mallorca and Eivissa, although in Menorca its presence is very rare. It has needle-like leaves, whorls in groups of three, with two white lines on the obverse side. Young branches are normally hanging, giving the plant a ?tousled? appearance. If you peel away at the berries, you can smell the characteristic aroma of the juniper tree.