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Heirloom Garden at the National Museum of American History, Behring Center

Red cedarJuniperus virgininana

Family: Cupressaceae

Evergreen conifer, US native

Evergreen tree, young specimens are a pyramidal shape, but with age the shape becomes more open, blue fruits, fragrant foliage, tolerates full sun and dry conditions, grows in a variety of soils.

Common names: eastern or southern red cedar, pencil cedar.

 

 

 

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