Eastern Red-Cedar (Juniperus virginiana), Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area, Wisconsin. This must be one of the most photographed trees in Wisconsin.

Eastern Red-Cedar (Juniperus virginiana), Pleasant Valley Conservancy, Wisconsin

Gnarled, weather-battered eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) along the Cliff Trail, Pike County, within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

A large flock of Robins covered our Eastern Red Cedar trees next to the driveway and filled up on the berries.

Eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana) on an upslope field, Warren County, within the Honey Run Wildlife Management Area.

Eastern Red-Cedar (Juniperus virginiana), Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area, Wisconsin

I'm not used to seeing these guys singing at the top of a cedar tree.

The ripe blue berries of an Eastern Red Cedar tree (Juniperus virginiana).

I don't know all of the history behind this abandoned equipment but at one time it was acquired by Ed Ellis and his Iowa Pacific holdings. Others have posted their own images of the equipment over the years and I thought I would add these updated ones.

Iowa Pacific and its Chicago Terminal subsidiary which once serviced the industries in Bensenville and adjacent Elk Grove Village are no more. Progressive Rail replaced CTM as the operator with its Chicago Junction (Elk Grove Village) and Chicago St. Paul & Pacific (Bensenville) entities.

The engine and coaches have sat in place at the south end of the industrial park near Foster Avenue for years now, becoming more vandalized and covered in graffiti by the year. I am not sure who, if anyone, owns them anymore.

Eacles imperialis

cedar (J. virginiana) after the rain

This is a female Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red-cedar, Red Cedar, Eastern Juniper, Red Juniper), a species of juniper native to eastern North America. The dusty blue berries are in fact seeds.

Spring Creek Preserve in Garland, Texas

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shades of blue

Lithophane lemmeri

see out in the woods the more I belive we are going to have a long cold and snowy Winter. There are Tons of nuts this year. Acorns, Hickory, Chestnut, and Walnut. But what gives it away to me anyway, are the Cedar. This is just one limb on a Eastern Red Cedar. It is loaded with cones. This is a big food source

for birds all winter. Some of the branches are so heavy with cones that they are bending.

Woods of Southeastern, Connecticut

This is a picture of Juniperus virginiana at Terrapin Nature Park on Kent Island in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.

Kent Island Quad

Eastern Red Cedar Variant

Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew. London, England. UK

Blender Units 1 and 2 under full power

Eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana) along the Appalachian Trail east of Totts Gap, Northampton County, within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

A view west toward Kittatinny Mountain and the Great Valley from Jenny Jump State Forest, Warren County.

Snowy view from this spot, taken about two years ago, here.

A white oak tree (Quercus alba) retains substantial orange-brown leaves in front of a green wrought iron cemetery fence and tombstones at Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Michigan. Autumn 2019

This is a compilation of images taken two weeks apart at a nearby, large flat rock outcrop. The target species was Diamorpha smallii or Elf Orpine, a small succulent-like plant which grows on the surface of the outcrop in the small vernal pools. This particular habitat hosts a variety of plant species, many of which are found in no other types of habitats.

To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog.

Sunset on a logging site silhouetting a lone Eastern Red Cedar

eastern red cedar berry impaled on thin grass

Juniperus virginiana. In the Irish Garden of Wickham Park in Manchester, CT.

Eastern Red-Cedar (Juniperus virginiana), Devils Lake State Park, Wisconsin

An Eastern Red Cedar at Maxwell Park. Stitched together from several images.

This is a female Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red-cedar, Red Cedar, Eastern Juniper, Red Juniper), a species of juniper native to eastern North America. The dusty blue berries are in fact seeds.

Garland, Texas

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still attached

Eastern red cedar

I don't know all of the history behind this abandoned equipment but at one time it was acquired by Ed Ellis and his Iowa Pacific holdings. Others have posted their own images of the equipment over the years and I thought I would add these updated ones.

Iowa Pacific and its Chicago Terminal subsidiary which once serviced the industries in Bensenville and adjacent Elk Grove Village are no more. Progressive Rail replaced CTM as the operator with its Chicago Junction (Elk Grove Village) and Chicago St. Paul & Pacific (Bensenville) entities.

The engine and coaches have sat in place at the south end of the industrial park near Foster Avenue for years now, becoming more vandalized and covered in graffiti by the year. I am not sure who, if anyone, owns them anymore.

By lunchtime the road was gone!

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In the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma, on February 16th, 2023, a view of Mount Scott Road from the top of Mount Scott.

The rock exposures are Mount Scott Granite, part of the Wichita Granite Group, which was formed 533.24 to 515.6334 million years ago (per Macrostrat), in the Cambrian period.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

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View of the Pequest River Valley from Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, within Jenny Jump State Forest.

Westerly view from Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, within Jenny Jump State Forest.

Clifford W Messinger Dry Prairie & Savanna Preserve

Wisconsin State Natural Area #230

Walworth County

Meadow Garden, Longwood Gardens