Cupressaceae

Eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana L.

Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus

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Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) — LeavesPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (40)

Arabic: عرعر فرجيني, الأرز الأحمر
Armenian: Գիհի վիրգինյան
arz: جونيبيروس فيرجينيانا
azb: ویرجینیا آردیجی
Azerbaijani: Virciniya ardıcı
Basque: Virginiako ipuru
Belarusian: Ядловец віргінскі
Bulgarian: Вирджинска хвойна
Chinese: 北美圆柏, 北美圓柏, 铅笔柏, 美東刺柏
Czech: Jalovec viržinský, Jalovec virginský
Danish: Blyant-Ene
Dutch: Cederhoutboom
English: Eastern redcedar, Eastern juniper, Pencil cedar, Red cedar, Red juniper, Aromatic cedar, Eastern red cedar, Virginia cedar
Estonian: Virgiinia kadakas
Finnish: Kynäkataja
French: Genévrier de Virginie, Cèdre rouge, Savin, Genevrier de Virginie
German: Virginischer Wacholder, Bleistiftzeder
Hebrew: ערער ורגיאני
hsb: Cedrojty jałorc
Hungarian: Virginiai boróka
Icelandic: Blýantseinir
Irish: Aiteal pinn luaidhe, Céadras crón, Céadras dearg
Italian: Ginepro della Virginia
Japanese: エンピツビャクシン
Korean: 연필향나무
lah: چڑھدا صنوبر
Lithuanian: Virgininis kadagys
Norwegian Bokmål: Østlig einer
Persian: جونیپروس ویرجینیانا
Polish: Jałowiec wirginijski
Portuguese: Pencil Cedar
Russian: Можжевельник вирджинский, Можжевельник виргинский
Serbian: Вирџинијска клека
Slovak: Borievka virgínska
Slovenian: Virginijski brin
Spanish: Enebro de Virginia
Swedish: Blyerts-en
Turkish: Kurşun kalem ardıcı
udm: Виргиниысь сусыпу
Ukrainian: Ялівець віргінський, Яловець віргінський

Synonyms

Juniperus alba Knight ex Carrière
Juniperus arborescens Moench
Juniperus argentea Gordon
Juniperus bedfordiana Loudon
Juniperus cannartii K.Koch
Juniperus caroliana Mill.
Juniperus caroliniana Du Roi
Juniperus chamberlaynii Carrière
Juniperus cinerascens K.Koch
Juniperus dioica Carrière
Juniperus foetida var. virginiana (L.) Spach
Juniperus fragrans Knight
Juniperus glauca Cels ex Link
Juniperus gossainthanea Lodd. ex Lindl. & Gordon
Juniperus gossainthanea C.Lawson
Juniperus hermannii (Pers.) Spreng.
Juniperus nutans Beissn.
Juniperus polymorpha Beissn.
Juniperus schottii Gordon
Juniperus smithipendula Beissn.
Juniperus tripartita (Lavallée) Beissn.
Juniperus virginiana f. albospica Beissn.
Juniperus virginiana f. bremerae Standl. & J.F.Macbr.
Juniperus virginiana f. elegantissima (W.Hochst.) Rehder
Juniperus virginiana f. glauca (Carrière) Rehder
Juniperus virginiana f. glauca-pendula Simon-Louis ex Beissn.
Juniperus virginiana f. plumosa C.K.Schneid.
Juniperus virginiana f. reptans (Beissn.) Rehder
Juniperus virginiana f. smithii-pendula Beissn.
Juniperus virginiana f. variegata (Loudon ex C.Lawson) Rehder
Juniperus virginiana subsp. crebra (Fernald & Griscom) A.E.Murray
Juniperus virginiana var. chamberlaynii Carrière
Juniperus virginiana var. crebra Fernald & Griscom
Juniperus virginiana var. elegantissima W.Hochst.
Juniperus virginiana var. freneloides Lavallée
Juniperus virginiana var. glauca Carrière
Juniperus virginiana var. hermannii Pers.
Juniperus virginiana var. pendula C.Lawson
Juniperus virginiana var. pendula-viridis Gordon
Juniperus virginiana var. plumosa-argentea Beissn.

and 11 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: dinomariobob, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Mark G, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jonathan Sowers, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.