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Red Cedar      Juniperus Virginiana       Zone 3-9

Eastern Red Cedar is a smallish pyramidal tree that grows well in dry soils from 40-50' and has a medium rate of growth. Red Cedar is commonly seen in the Midwest in farm pastures as cows do not like the sharp needles or the taste. The red cedar needles are about 1/6" long, persist for 5-6 years and from a distance the tree has a somewhat similar look to a northern white cedar. Though both are called cedars they are in totally different family of trees, the Red Cedar is in the Juniper family and the White Cedar is in the Arborvitae family.  The red cedar flowers in April-May bearing 4-5 round pollen sacks. The Red Cedar cones are 1/4" in size, bearing 2-3 seeds and are quite attractive but not known to be a food source for critters to my knowledge. The twigs are greenish to red-brown and smooth, thin light brown on the trunk, exfoliating lengthwise into narrow, persistent strips. Red cedar can be difficult to transplant but will be long lived once established.

Pests & Disease

 Diseases of the red cedar are cedar apple rust and bagworms though neither are a major threat.

Red Cedar can be used for a hedge, windbreak or as a specimen tree. Eastern Red Cedar wood is aromatic light (30 pounds per cubic foot), soft, close-grained, brittle, weak, durable but easily worked, very fragrant, dull red, with thin whitish sapwood. Red cedar is used in cedar chests, pencils, cedar chests, woodenware, fence posts, interior finish and closets. It prefers loamy soil on sunny slopes and dry rocky hills. There are many cultivars of Red Cedar but we sell only the seedling Juniperus virginiana. Red Cedars are native in southern Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. When you think of a nursery to buy Red Cedar from consider Porcupine Hollow for a good little seedling or transplant.

Molly with 12-18" Red Cedar seedlings                      Mature Red Cedar                                          Red Cedar bark

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