Juniperus virginiana

Cupressaceae Juniperus virginiana L.

Etymology
Juniperus refers to the Latin name for junipers.
virginiana refers to the US State of Virginia; indicating its habitat.

Colloquial Name
Eastern Redcedar

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Juniperus virginiana:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 72, ONT, QUE, 74, ILL, IOW, KAN, MIN, MSO, NDA, NEB, OKL, SDA, WIS, 75, CNT, INI, MAI, MAS, MIC, NWH, NWJ, NWY, OHI, PEN, RHO, VER, WVA, 77, TEX, 78, ALA, ARK, DEL, FLA, GEO, KTY, LOU, MRY, MSI, NCA, SCA, TEN, VRG, WDC

Habitat
The natural habitats for Juniperus virginiana are temperate forests, coastal sand dunes . It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 1000 metres. Other conifers associated with Juniperus virginiana are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 4
Juniperus virginiana is hardy to USDA Zone 4 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -34.4C (-30F) to 28.9C (-20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Juniperus virginiana is increasing. There are no known threats for Juniperus virginiana.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Juniperus virginiana has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Juniperus virginiana is Sect. Sabina. The coordinate taxa for Juniperus virginiana are therefore:

Juniperus virginiana is further placed under Cupressoideae. Juniperus virginiana is also placed under Cupressaceae.

Cultivars
‘Albospica’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Banff’, ‘Bleica’, ‘Blue Arrow’, ‘Blue Cloud’, ‘Blue Flame’, ‘Blue Mountain’, ‘Boskoop Purple’, ‘Burkii’, ‘Canaertii’, ‘Carolina’, ‘Chamberlaynii’, ‘Cinerascens’, ‘Cupressifolia’, ‘Deforest Green’, ‘Dumosa’, ‘Elegantissima’, ‘Emerald Sentinel’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Filifera’, ‘Filip’s Polar Festival’, ‘Filip’s Snowdance’, ‘Fiore’, ‘Frosty Morning’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Pendula’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Golden Spring’, ‘Goldspire’, ‘Greenspire’, ‘Grey Owl’, ‘Grey Owl Variegated’, ‘Grey Rock’, ‘Helle’, ‘Hetz’, ‘Hillii’, ‘Hillspire’, ‘Horizontalis’, ‘Horizontalis Glauca’, ‘Humilis’, ‘Idyllwild’, ‘Kobendzii’, ‘Kobold’, ‘Kosteri’, ‘Lebrotnii’, ‘Manhattan Blue’, ‘Microphylla’, ‘Monstrosa’, ‘Nana Compacta’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pendula Nana’, ‘Pendula Viridis’, ‘Plumosa Argentea’, ‘Pseudocupressus’, ‘Pyramidiformis’, ‘Reptans’, ‘Schottii’, ‘Schotti Gold’, ‘Sherwoodii’, ‘Silver Spreader’, ‘Spartan’, ‘Triomphe d’Angers’, ‘Tripartita’, ‘Whitetip’