Juniperus virginiana

Eastern Red Cedar

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Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: January - March
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: October - December

Eastern Red Cedar, despite its common name, is actually a species of juniper. It got its common name because its form looks somewhat like old world cedar trees.

It is an intermediate host to a number of fungus species that are affect agricultural crops, such as Cedar-apple Rust Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae.

3 April 2019 Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA	28 March 2019 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	28 March 2019 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	24 May 2017 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (ripening fruit)
30 April 2014 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (with Cedar-apple rust fungus)	20 April 2021 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (mature leaves scale-like)	20 April 2021 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (young leaves needle-like)	20 April 2021 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (young tree with all leaves needle-like)
20 April 2021 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (young tree - note needle-like leaves)	20 April 2021 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (typical bark)	20 April 2021 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (shaggier bark on older tree)

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