Common name
English: Eastern Redcedar
German: Virginische Rotzeder, Virginischer Wacholder
Mandarin: 北美圆柏 (bei mei yuan bai)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Pinopsida (36)
Order: Pinales (35)
Family: Cupressaceae (13)(family description)
Genus: Juniperus (7)
Epithet: virginiana L. (3)
Synonyms: Juniperus alba Knight ex Carrière, Juniperus arborescens Moench, Juniperus argentea Gordon, Juniperus bedfordiana Loudon, Juniperus cannartii K.Koch, Juniperus caroliana Mill., Juniperus chamberlaynii Carrière, Juniperus cinerascens K.Koch, Juniperus dioica Carrière, Juniperus fragrans Knight, Juniperus glauca Cels
alba => white
arborescens => arboreus, like a tree
argentea => silvery
bedfordiana => in honor of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), British politician and patron of botany
cannartii => in honor of Frederic Cannart d'Hamale (1804-1888), Belgian botanist
cinerascens => with ashen-grey shadings
dioica => having stamens and pistils in separate flowers on different plants
fragrans => fragrant, of pleasant odour
glauca => greyish or bluish
virginiana => from Virginia, North America
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: brown, green
External links
Check for Juniperus virginiana at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [143] species information from College of Natural Resources - Virginia
- [581] Juniperus virginiana - Plants For A Future database
- [1536] Juniperus virginiana - Flora of China @ efloras.org
