Red Cedar
(Junipesus virginiana)

Tree Description

Small tree with small yellow green flowers.
        Grows well  first 20-25 years and is fully matured at  50 years.

 Leaf Description
 
Leaf is simple, opposite, generally oval but may have lobed margins. Approximately 2 and 1/2 inches long.  Green above and paler below.

Bark Description
       

The bark is dark brown and very rough and shaggy.

Twig and Bud Description

    Buds are large and pointed with reddish-brown overlapping scales.

Fruit Description 

Description Coming Soon.

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Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998