Eastern Red Cedar Flowers. It blooms late in the winter. They are small oval and have a glandular depression.
It is adaptable to a wide range of soil ph and tolerates dry rocky soil. Juniperus virginiana known as red cedar eastern redcedar 2 3 virginian juniper 4 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 3 further west it is replaced by the related juniperus. The eastern red cedar is much shorter overall than the western red cedar typically being between 16 to 66 feet tall 5 to 20 m with a trunk between 12 to 39 inches 30 to 100 cm in diameter.
The leaves are very small with two types of leaves often on the same tree scale like leaves 1 16 inch long dark green with 4 sides held tightly to twig and longer 1 4 inch dark blue green needle like leaves that are more common on young trees and fast growing shoots.
In fact red cedars will thrive in sandy dry areas where other trees will not survive. The eastern red cedar has dark blue green scale like shiny glandular foliage in a 4 rank arrangement. They are 1 16 in length and lay opposite or in whorls of 3. Red cedar tree is a particular species that will tolerate dry hot weather better than other evergreen trees.
