Juniperus virginiana 'Taylor'Indiana Native
Eastern Redcedar

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Yellow-brown cones )
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark - to bluish-green needle-like and scale-like evergreen leaves that take on a bronze or purple cast in the winter))
 Stem Notes:
Green aromatic stems
 Fruit Notes:
Blue ((Dioecious; attractive blue berries (cones) on female plants))
 Ultimate Height:
30-65 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
6-8 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
 Range:
Eastern North America
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves mostly scale-like, 4-ranked, closely pressed and overlapping, 0.06" long, and free at apex. Awl-like leaves (0.25") are glaucous above, and green below, usually in pairs found mostly on older trees. Terminal shoots are often elongated and turn red to a drab brown in winter. Branchlets are very narrow (less than 1 mm thick). Bruised foliage smells of cedar. Gray brown to red brown bark exfoliates in long strips.
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Drought Tolerant 275
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 186
  • Indiana Native 152
  • Mass Plantings 268
  • Screen 171
  • Specimen 598
  • Notable Bark 161
  • Winter Interest 90

    • Additional Information

    Fantastic upright conical-columnar form; may have originated or been tested through Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Widely adapted to soils and climates, as evidenced by the species' wide geographic range. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Alternate host for cedar-apple rust disease. Plant other juniper species in areas having many apples, hawthorns, etc. Susceptible to bagworms.

    10 Juniperus virginiana 'Taylor' found

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    Number Accession ID Location
    12016_00081*DLYLE
    22016_00081*BLYLE
    32016_00081*ELYLE
    42016_00077*ALYLE
    52016_00081*CLYLE
    62016_00078*BLYLE
    72016_00077*BLYLE
    82016_00078*ALYLE
    92016_00081*ALYLE
    102022_00320*AHORT

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