eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana L.
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Descrizione
Juniperus virginiana, also known as eastern redcedar, red cedar, Virginian juniper, eastern juniper, red juniper, and other local names, is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Great Plains. Farther west it is replaced by the related Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) and to the southwest by Juniperus ashei (Ashe juniper). It is not to be confused with Thuja occidentalis (eastern white cedar).
Classificazione
- Regno
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Ordine
- Pinales
- Famiglia
- Cupressaceae
- Genere
- Juniperus