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§1 Plant
Juniperus virginiana L. var. silicicola (Small) Silba
vernacular southern redcedar — variety · Cupressaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Cupressaceae Gray
- Genus
- Juniperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 26 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 240 min.
- Precipitation
- 29–63 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 65 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Winter
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 46,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- Yes
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 26 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/JUVIS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2684401 ↗Record version
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