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This is the most widespread conifer in the world, native to temperate Eurasia, and North America north of Mexico, from 30°N latitude, occupying an extraordinary range of habitats up in the northern hemisphere to the margin of the Arctic.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Juniperus communis. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_99

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