Juniperus virginianaL.

eastern redcedar

WFO wfo-0000354923 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Eric Schmidt
fig. a Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 205027500
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Marilynn Miller
fig. b Marilynn Miller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203362132
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Cole Shoemaker
fig. c Cole Shoemaker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203044240
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Violet T.
fig. d Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200810281
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by John Kees
fig. e John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202264511
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Tim Kirsten
fig. f Tim Kirsten, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204697423
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Mila C.
fig. g Mila C., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201784030
Juniperus virginiana, photographed by Mila C.
fig. h Mila C., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201781190

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 54 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • 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 C.Lawson
  • Juniperus gossainthanea Lodd. ex Lindl. & Gordon
  • Juniperus hermannii (Pers.) Spreng.
  • Juniperus nutans Beissn.
  • Juniperus polymorpha Beissn.
  • Juniperus schottii Gordon
  • Juniperus silicicola (Small) L.H.Bailey
  • Juniperus smithipendula Beissn.
  • Juniperus tripartita (Lavallée) Beissn.
  • Juniperus virginiana f. albospica Beissn.
  • Juniperus virginiana f. bremerae Standl. & J.F.Macbr.

and 30 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.