OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Juniperus silicicola   FAMILY Cupressaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Juniperus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 018-03-003:

Juniperus silicicola   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabina silicicola

 

COMMON NAME:
 Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

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JK Marlow    jkm0502f_06

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Crown often ultimately with a flattened and open aspect on old trees, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

JK Marlow    jkm0502f_22

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Pollen cones about 1/8" long, terminal, numerous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmjsalicicola_hutch1

June    Colleton County    SC

image of Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231861438414937

July    Georgetown County?    SC

image of Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

Keith Bradley    kab_j_virginiana_71117

October    Chatham County    GA

Fort Pulaski

image of Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

Alan S. Weakley    asw_495763075993531

December    Georgetown County    SC

Mature seed cones ~ 1/4", berry-like, greenish-blue with whitish coating, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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image of Juniperus silicicola, Southern Red Cedar, Coastal Red Cedar

Alan S. Weakley    asw_537809971605397

December    Georgetown County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Juniperus silicicola   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
 Juniperus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 018-03-003:
 Juniperus silicicola   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Sabina silicicola

 

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Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: maritime forests and maritime scrub, hammocks, coastal shell middens and natural shell deposits, brackish marshes, pine rocklands in s. FL, and other sandy or peaty, circumneutral situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves spine-tipped on juvenile wood

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Leaves of mature shoots scale-like, paired; those of juvenile shoots whorled

"FLOWER":
Winter/Spring
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Bluish-black
Berry-like cone

 

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