Juniper - ID Three Types of Juniper, Edible and Medicinal Uses for Juniper Berries and More!

[@dondereng7751]

You briefly mentioned red cedar (Juniperus virgininana), Their distribution is from Canada and the eastern United States; from Nova Scotia to Ontario, across the northern Great Plains through eastern Texas, northern Florida, and then to the Atlantic coast. They have two types of foliage, when young it has needle foliage that is replaced by scale foliage as the tree matures. Dead needles persist for a long time, especially on woody twigs, and will reappear on a mature tree when it is damaged or browsed by animals as protection from further browsing (the needles are very sharply hard-pointed).

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Great info! Thank you for sharing!

[@essentialoilapothecary]

Glad I watched this. I’m flying up to Penticton from California for the holidays and I’m bringing my still with me so I can distill both juniper and birch.

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Nice! Sounds good!

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

I've looked into using juniper to help relieve achy joints and put it in a video here for anyone who's interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWWTmYB5oLZ-ppo

[@LittlePieceOfHeaven.65]

when you cook German Sauerkraut you need about 3 for flavoring and discard them when done :)

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Thank you!

[@carolschedler3832]

Thank you! When you say 3 per batch - is that like a gallon of sauerkraut? or a big crock?

[@jaygardener181]

Is the cambium layer edible on the juniper

[@blueghost4121]

You should show us how juniper berries are used in cooking. Start your own nature cooking channel.

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Good idea! Thanks!

[@RandyCampbell-fk3pf]

Juniper has shown promise for future anti-cancer treatments too. They need to isolate the compounds 1st so they can eventually patent the treatment

[@urjnlegend]

What compounds?

[@RandyCampbell-fk3pf]

@@urjnlegend There are several. The basic idea is you check to see if the whole set of compounds has any effect. If the effects were all positive the they wouldn't need to isolate anything, but if it had positive effects on multiple cancers (or bacteria or viruses or parasites or fungi), but negative effects on other cell types, they try to isolate 1 or more of the compounds that yields the same or better positive results without the negatives... kinda like isolating CBD for its medicinal purposes. If I knew which ones, I'd patent it myself, but they will need to redo the in vitro studies with each new compound to figure that part out, then get an in vivo study approved and run it. Many chemotherapies are derived from botanical sources that have other highly toxic compounds that aren't beneficial for treatment of their particular disease (strangely it might be effective for another type of cancer though... for example isolates from 1 west African tree, whose name eludes me currently, treats 3-4 different cancers from chemicals derived from it's different parts)

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

@RandyCampbell-fk3pf thank you for that information! Hopefully it can help!

[@rebeccakennemore1906]

My name is juniper

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Hi, Juniper! Thanks!

[@Shereena17]

There are some non edible species of juniper but I don't know what they look like and how to see the difference between the edible ones. Can you tell us please?

[@soniamarshall9293]

Also the pollen can cause a virus on wild pear trees as it happen to my wild pear which caught an orange prickly substance on the small pears which had spread on part of the branches too. Something to check if it is a true cause the pollen caused by the berry juniper produced.

[@deepwaterbetta2420]

This is the first time I've seen real cypress in the wild. Thank you

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@ConfedVet]

Juniper and cedar the same?

[@raphlvlogs271]

the common juniper is also the most widespread woody plant in the world in terms of native range they are even more widespread than grey alders and grey willows

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

That's super interesting! Thank you!

[@emmalee478]

Do any animals eat the berries?

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Yes, birds definitely do. Thank you!

[@BernardvonSchulmann]

I need to figure what to cook with juniper

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

It's such a strong and unique flavour! Thank you!

[@westempleman1160]

What is your location I am thinking your Rocky Mountain junipers Maybe juniperus maritima a newly recognized species

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

I'm in the Central Okanagan. It could be! Let me know what you think, please!

[@crow712]

So happy to see this video I have been wanting to learn how to identify juniper in the Okanagan

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Oh, good! I hope it helps!

[@krisc8358]

I have a what I think is a juniper tree that an elderly lady gave to me before she passed. Is there any way I could send you a picture so you could identify it? Thanks

[@DavidStewart-d1b]

Alot of good information thank you very much.

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

You're welcome! Thank you, too!

[@kathleenbulmer2395]

Are they in Australia?

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Sorry, I can't say for sure. I've never been to Australia, but I'd love to visit some day!

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

Yes, Diggers Garden Club sells large tubestock plants. I have also seen it described as a native plant, for bush tucker. I read that info 2 minutes ago! 😊👍🌲🦘🦘🦘

[@RobertLaTuso]

My parents recently cut down a massive 75+ Year old Juniper Tree

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

That tree must have been really cool!

[@RobertLaTuso]

@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I used to climb that tree as a kid and come in the house covered in resin ;)…unhappy when they cut it down

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

@@RobertLaTuso I think I would be sad to see a tree like that go, too.

[@PreppingWithSarge]

great video, thanks Okanangan!

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Thanks, Sarge!

[@Miranda.Powers]

You can use dried berries for beads.

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Good idea. Thanks!

[@blessed7645]

Wow

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Thanks!

[@DigitalDuelist]

I had a guy tell me one species was poisonous to consume. Is that true or did he confuse it with oleander or something?

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

It could be true. I'm not sure which one it would be. From the sources I checked, the ones in this video are safe to consume in some specific and limited ways. I usually say to check multiple sources and make sure you know what plant you are dealing with before consuming any wild edible or medicinal plants!

[@kirtikalonia137]

In india we found juniper in cities at very low altitude , can we eat those berries ?

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Sorry, I'm not sure about those.

[@hilaryaguilar1194]

Are the male juniper cones equally medicinal as the female berries?

[@user-kl6wy9sg3f]

From what I understand, males do not produce berries

[@rivv4902]

got some woodward juniper from cheyenne.

[@OkanaganGardenerandForager]

Nice!

[@sarahkemper2345]

Interesting . In what format would you take the berries as a purifier, or for gall bladder