View source for Juniperus virginiana

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|accepted_name=Juniperus virginiana
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1039. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Eastern redcedar;genévrier rouge
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cupressaceae;Juniperus;Juniperus sect. Sabina;Juniperus virginiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cupressaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Juniperus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Juniperus sect. Sabina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juniperus virginiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>dioecious, to 30 m, single-stemmed; crown narrowly erect to conical, round, or flattened. <b>Bark</b> brown, exfoliating in thin strips, that of small branchlets (5–10 mm diam.) smooth, that of larger branchlets usually not exfoliating in plates. <b>Branches</b> pendulous to ascending; branchlets generally erect, sometimes lax to flaccid, 3–4-sided in cross section, ca. 2/3 or less as wide as length of scalelike leaves. <b>Leaves</b> green but sometimes turning reddish brown in winter, abaxial gland elliptic or elongate, conspicuous, exudate absent, margins entire (at 20× and 40×); whip leaves 3–6 mm, not glaucous adaxially; scalelike leaves 1–3 mm, overlapping by more than 1/4 their length, keeled, apex obtuse to acute, spreading. <b>Seed</b> cones maturing in 1 year, of 1 size, generally with straight peduncles, globose to ovoid, 3–6(–7) mm, blue-black to brownish blue when mature, glaucous, soft and resinous, with 1–2(–3) seeds. <b>Seeds</b> 1.5–4 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.;only in the flora.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
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|Seed cones 4-6(-7) mm; crown narrowly erect to conic or round; bark reddish brown; scalelike leaves acute at apex; pollen cones 3-4 mm.
|[[Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana|Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Seed cones 3-4 mm; crown flattened; bark cinnamon reddish; scalelike leaves bluntly obtuse to acute at apex; pollen cones 4-5 mm.
|[[Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola|Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juniperus virginiana
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cupressaceae
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.;only in the flora.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_197.xml
|genus=Juniperus
|section=Juniperus sect. Sabina
|species=Juniperus virginiana
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