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The roots of these Red Cedars extend down into a pile of ballast stones discarded by shipping fleets that visited Amelia Island in the 1800's.
Settlers called these prairies the Cedar Barrens due to a lack of trees. 200,000 years ago a mile thick glacier covered this area. It receded and the area warmed 4,000 to 8,000 years ago leaving Estill shale bedrock beneath the fertile fields. Early farming was successful but repeated plowing let the soil run off due to erosion on the slopes. Red Cedar, post oak and blackjack oak overtook the farms as the bedrock was easily eroded by nature.
Lots of "berries" still left on our red cedars, much to the delight of the Cedar Waxwings and their fruit-eating friends. Andover, NJ
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) in Eastern Redcedar (Jumiperus virginiana). Alpha Ridge Park, Howard County, Maryland.
The Cedar Waxwing was eating berries. At one point he discarded one of the berries. Guess it was too dry.
Male Cardinal in an Eastern Red Ceder with a nutritious bug snack to kick off its breakfast. Bear Creek Park, Keller, Texas, USA, September 2015
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Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus_virginiana
Rock Garden
Cantigny Park
Wheaton, Illinois 41.854332, -88.154063
November 13, 2021
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The offerings arise:
Hazes of rainbow light,
Pure crystal, blue, and gold,
Through dreamland take their flight;
-- George William Russell. (1867–1935). Sacrifice.
Collected Poems by A.E. 1913.
The beauty is not so immediately recognisable but I just loved the way the autumn sun fell on these seeds.
The eastern redcedar is not a true cedar - it is a juniper.
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This Eastern Redcedar stands alone on the battlefield at Manassas in Northern Virginia.
As described on “The Remarkable Trees of Virginia Project”: This large Red Cedar, located on Henry Hill in Manassas National Battlefield Park, the site of the first Battle of Manassas, has a 12 foot circumference, stands 40 feet tall, and has a canopy cover area of 41 feet. Although not a champion, it is certainly large for the species and thought to be very old. It is highly probable that this tree was a mere sapling around the time of the first and second Battles of Manassas which marked the beginning of the civil war, making it historically significant. (web2.cnre.vt.edu/4h/remarkabletree/detail.cfm?Autofieldfo...)
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
– Psalm 96:11-13
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I captured this photo at a vineyard near Bristol, VA, showcasing the peaceful beauty of the winter landscape. The calm water perfectly reflected the sky and the rows of dormant grapevines, creating a serene scene. In the distance stands a solitary old cedar tree, likely an Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana), a species native to the area. These trees can live for several hundred years, and judging by their size and robust form, this one could be pretty old, possibly over a century.
Like many vineyards in the region, the Nicewonder vineyard benefits from fertile soil and a favorable climate, yielding high-quality grapes for local wineries. Visiting during the off-season allowed me to admire the vineyard's quiet beauty without the hustle and bustle of harvest time.
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Cedar Waxwing eating "fruit" from their namesake tree, the eastern red cedar. The berries are actually small cones, and they are much loved by waxwings, robins, fall warblers and a host of other birds.
Just some Hand Helds from a Rainy Day Walk around my Pond back in September. This year (2018) has been one of the wettest on record in Maryland...there was no shortage of gray days to bear. A Collective Sadness was found...a sign of the times I suppose.
An Eastern Redcedar...a not so fine line between dark and light inversely seen.
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Juniperus virginiana L.
Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin, Baton Rouge
Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)
Evergreen, aromatic tree with trunk often angled and buttressed at base and narrow, compact, columnar crown; sometimes becoming broad and irregular. Pyramidal when young, Eastern red-cedar mature form is quite variable. This evergreen usually grows 30-40 ft. but can reach 90 ft. Fragrant, scale-like foliage can be coarse or fine-cut, and varies in color from gray-green to blue-green to light- or dark-green. All colors tend to brown in winter. Pale blue fruits occur on female plants. Soft, silvery bark covers the single trunk.
The most widely distributed eastern conifer, native in 37 states, Eastern Red Cedar is resistant to extremes of drought, heat, and cold. Red Cedar can be injurious to apple orchards because it is an alternate host for cedar-apple rust, a fungal disease. First observed at Roanoke Island, Virginia, in 1564, it was prized by the colonists for building furniture, rail fences, and log cabins.
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Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus_virginiana
Rock Garden
Cantigny Park
Wheaton, Illinois 41.854332, -88.154063
November 13, 2021
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Massassauga Point Conservation Area features appealing trails overlooking the scenic Bay of Quinte, facing the city of Belleville, Ontario. This was the site of a late 19th Century hotel. Now it hosts various rare plant species such as a bur-oak savannah. The tree in the centre of the photograph is Eastern red-cedar.
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Eastern Red Cedar is not a cedar, but a juniper. there are 2 species (or races, depending on whose taxonomy you choose to follow,) in South Carolina. in the coastal plain where i live, the forestry experts tell me the species is _salicicola_, so that's what i've tagged it. but i could just as easily tag it _viriginiana_, so whatever... ;)
this particular specimen was planted by the birds here in 2003. if you allow them, birds will landscape your yard with the plants they prefer. ;)
In among the cedar waxwings and robins, there were several young sapsuckers in the red cedars, gobbling the "berries".
On the south side of Mt. Magazine which is the highest point in Arkansas. I suspect this one of the most photographed trees in The state. Pic taken at sunrise. Air temp about 16 degrees. Notice the ice covered trees below.
3 exposures processed in Photomatix.
I've shot it before. An earlier effort is below.
Juniperus virginiana is a small evergreen tree that is resistant to extremes like drought, cold and heat. Its thick foliage provides an important shelter for wildlife and songbirds feed on the bluish berries. The fruit is also used to flavor gin.
Similar to the Pitch Pine I poste yesterday, eastern red cedar is a pioneer species, which means that it is one of the first trees to repopulate cleared, eroded, or otherwise damaged land. But unlike most pioneering species this tree can have an unusually long life, with the potential to live over 900 years.
And of course the aromatic and rot resistant wood is very popular with humans. Cedar chest, closet liners, saunas, fence post and wood carvings are some of the uses. Cedar oil is a basic component of several medicines and perfumes.