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Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red-cedar; Red-cedar; southern redcedar; eastern redcedar; Pencil cedar; Red juniper; Redcedar)

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Language: Chi; Cze; Dut; Fre; French; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Por; Rus; Slo; Spa

Wikipedia Abstract

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 (Ashe juniper).
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Infraspecies

Juniperus virginiana var. reptans
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (Coastal Red-cedar) (Attributes)
Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) (Attributes)

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Dense
Shade Percentage [1]  83 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium
Bloom Period [2]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Low
Flower Type [3]  Dioecious
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Single Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Hazards [3]  All parts of the plant might be toxic;
Janka Hardness [4]  900 lbf (408 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Wind
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  20 inches (51 cm)
Scent [3]  The crushed foliage has an aroma like soap or paint. The wood is also fragrant.
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  43600 / lb (96121 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Conical
Specific Gravity [5]  0.47
Structure [3]  Tree
Usage [3]  An essential oil is obtained from the wood; Composed of cedar camphor or cedrol; Chips of the wood have been used as moth repellents; The leaves are used as an incense; The crushed bark can be used as a soft base in cradles; The bark has also been cut into strips and used to make mats; The red inner bark is a source of a red dye; The bark of the tree is useful as tinder in starting fires Boy Scout style; Some cultivars of this tree are suitable for ground cover when spaced about 90cm apart each way; 'Tripartita' and 'Chamberlaynii' have been recommended; A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting; Wood - very durable, light, brittle, soft, easily worked, very fragrant, insect-resistant; The wood does not shrink much on drying and weighs 30lb per cubic foot; The reddish wood is highly prized for cabinet making;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Green
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  White
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  66 feet (20 m)
Width [3]  26 feet (8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Moderate
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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 9Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 11del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0