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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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COMMON NAME
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Juniperus virginiana L.
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Eastern Red-cedar
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PLANT FAMILY
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SIZE GROUP
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PLANT TYPE
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Cupressaceae
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5-8
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evergreen shrub or tree
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GROWTH HABIT, RATE:
Pyramidal when young, oval pyramidal when old, variable.
ADAPTABILITY:
Tolerates difficult conditions, a pioneer species in old fields. Prefers full
sun, moist well drained site but is adaptable to poor soils and varying pH.
FUNCTIONS:
Specimen, screen, massing.
PROBLEMS AND MAINTENANCE:
Mites, bagworms, Juniper blight, an alternate host to cedar apple rust (affects
apples, crabapples and hawthorns).
NATIVE RANGE:
Eastern United States, Arkansas native plant
USEFUL RANGE (USDA Zones):
Zones 3-9
SUBSPECIES, VARIETIES, CULTIVARS:
'Canaertii'- irregular pyramid-deep green year 'round, spray intolerant, female
clone. 'Glauca' silvery gray blue foliage, tufted, male, faster growing.
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