Summary ²

Juniperus virginiana — its common names include red cedar, eastern redcedar, Virginian juniper, eastern juniper, red juniper, pencil cedar, and aromatic cedar — is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Great Plains. Further west it is replaced by the related Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) and to the southwest by Juniperus ashei (

Contributor ³

Hannah Andujar

Interesting Facts ³

the berryless twigs of the plant can be used for making tea (wildflower n.d)

Sourced From: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=juvi

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1. (c) handujar, all rights reserved
2. Adapted by handujar from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_virginiana
3. (c) handujar, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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• iNat taxon page
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