Common name
English: Eastern Redcedar
German: Virginische Rotzeder, Virginischer Wacholder
Mandarin: 北美圆柏 (bei mei yuan bai)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Pinopsida (36)
Order: Pinales (35)
Family: Cupressaceae (13)(family description)
Genus: Juniperus (7)
Epithet: virginiana L. (4)
Synonyms: Juniperus alba Knight ex Carrière, Juniperus arborescens Moench, Juniperus argentea Gordon, Juniperus bedfordiana Loudon, Juniperus cannartii K.Koch, Juniperus caroliana Mill.
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
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