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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Eastern Red Cedar

Species Name: Juniperus virginiana

Plant Type: Woody

Family Name: Cupressaceae

 

 

Examples of Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana

Thin, scale-like and branchy Eastern Red Cedar leaf.
Thin, scale-like and branchy Eastern Red Cedar leaf.
Thin, scale-like and branchy Eastern Red Cedar leaf.
An Eastern Red Cedar branch with dark green prickly needles and blue-green berry-like seeds. 
An Eastern Red Cedar branch with dark green prickly needles and blue-green berry-like seeds. 
An Eastern Red Cedar branch with dark green prickly needles and blue-green berry-like seeds.
 Evergreen, scale-like leaves
Evergreen, scale-like leaves
Evergreen, scale-like leaves
Light blue cones that look like small berries
Light blue cones that look like small berries
Light blue cones that look like small berries
Pyramid growth form
Pyramid growth form
Pyramid growth form
Reddish-brown bark shredding into long strips
Reddish-brown bark shredding into long strips
Reddish-brown bark shredding into long strips

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin North America
Duration Perennial
Sun Preference Full sun
Susceptibility Cedar-apple rust, bagworm
Distribution in the U.S. Eastern half and west to the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Preference Well-drained, deep loam, adapted to many soil conditions
Habitat Rocky, dry, uplands and swampy bottomlands
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 4º
Successional Stage All
Notes Considered a weed in much of Oklahoma; would not be as
prevalent if it were not for fire suppression

 

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