Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Juniperus silicicola
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Learn more about Southern Red Cedar from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
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.
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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.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmjsalicicola_hutch1
June Colleton County SC
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conifers (not including Pines)
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmjsalicicola_hutch1b
June Colleton County SC
Mature seed cones ~ 1/4", berry-like, greenish-blue with whitish coating, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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conifers (not including Pines)
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Keith Bradley kab_j_virginiana_71117
October Chatham County GA
Fort Pulaski
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Juniperus silicicola
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain
Look for it in maritime forests and maritime scrub, hammocks, coastal shell middens and natural shell deposits, brackish marshes, and other sandy or peaty, circumneutral situations, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
FRUIT:
Fall
Bluish-black
Berry-like cone
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p036
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p355
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p236
- Landscaping with Native Trees p134
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p044
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p094
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p182