Juniperus virginiana

Eastern juniper or eastern redcedar is in the cypress or Cupressaceae family and is native to eastern North America from Southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. It is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 21 m tall, reaching a maximum age of over 900 years.

• Adult leaves are small (1–2 mm long) scale-like, in desiccate pairs (occasionally whorls of 3), and tight against the branches, green to gray-green. Juvenile leaves (on young seedlings only) are needle-like, 5–10 mm long.
• Species is largely monoecious; both males and females are small (3 mm long), reddish brown terminal cones; females mature into larger, round, blue-brown berry-like cones 8–13 mm in diameter, covered in a whitish waxy bloom.
• Shoots are fairly thick (up to 2 cm in diameter) compared to most junipers; bark is gray with very irregular furrows and scaly ridged.