Description

Red Cedars have straight trunk more or less grooved and pyramidal to rounded crown; height 25′ to 50′ when growing in good locations; diameter up to 24″; trunk may be very divided or nearly prostrate on poor, rocky, and dry soil. A dark blue berrylike cone with a diameter of 1/4″ encloses one or two seeds in a sweet flesh; matures in one season; is a favorite winter food for some birds. Dry, gravelly soil and rocky ledges in the southern half of the state; most abundant on river bluffs in the southeastern part where few other trees are found; shade intolerant.

Red cedar is the alternate host of the cedar apple rust, so it is not favorable to plant in or near orchards or anywhere in regions devoted to commercial apple production.

*Quantities of 1 are equal to a bundle of 25 trees.