Bermuda Cedar :: Juniperus bermudiana

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 036

On today’s show we learn about the Bermuda Cedar, a critically endangered evergreen conifer native to the island territory of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean, about 650 miles east of the North American coast.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (27:50) Citations
• (29:34) Music
• (38:38) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources. “Bermuda Cedar (Juniperus bermudiana)” – https://environment.bm/bermuda-cedar
• “Biodiversity: the UK Overseas Territories”. Procter, D., & Fleming, L.V., eds. 1999.Peterborough, Joint Nature Conservation Committee. – https://www.nonnativespecies.org/assets/Document-repository/Procter_D_Fleming_L_Eds_1999_Biodiversity_the_UK_Overseas_Territories.pdf
• Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International. Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa, cabicompendium.29072, CABI Compendium, CABI International 2022), “Juniperus bermudiana (bermuda cedar)”  – https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.29072 
• “Junipers of the World: The Genus Juniperus”. Adams, Robert P.. United States: Trafford Publishing Company, 2014. – http://www.juniperus.org
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T30376A9532928. Wingate, D.B., Adams, R & Gardner, M. 2011. “Juniperus bermudiana”. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T30376A9532928.en
• Lundellia, v.21 no.1, 1-34, (25 February 2019). Robert P. Adams. "Juniperus of Canada and the United States: Taxonomy, Key and Distribution," – https://doi.org/10.25224/1097-993X-21.1
• One Earth’s Bioregion Framework. Noss, Reed. “Bermuda Subtropical Conifer Forests” – https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/bermuda-subtropical-conifer-forests/
• Phytologia 90 (2): 123--133. Adams, Robert P., and David B. Wingate. 2008. “Hybridization between Juniperus Bermudiana and J. Virginiana in Bermuda.” – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/220331
• Phytologia 90 (2): 134--136. Adams,  Robert P. 2008. “Juniperus Bermudiana; A Species in Crisis, Should It Be Rescued from Introduced Junipers?” – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/220332
• Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. John Grimshaw; Ross Bayton. “Juniperus bermudiana” – https://treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/juniperus/juniperus-bermudiana/
• Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. “Juniperus bermudiana”. – https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Juniperus+bermudiana
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_bermudiana

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