Question: Hi. I'm really interested in finding out the name of this beauty so that I can plant it in an …
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Hi. I'm really interested in finding out the name of this beauty so that I can plant it in an appropriate spot. Thank you!! :-). Kinda looks like a juniper to me. But I'm no botanist. Just getting into gardening. What I'm holding in my hand shows what the stems look like before they turn into tiny looking pines. Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thanks again.
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Dear Cloettesdaddy, it looks like you've found Juniperus virginiana (eastern red-cedar). It is species that can have dimporphic leaves, such as those you have photgraphed here (long awl-like leaves and short, overlapping, scale-like leaves). It is a species that most often occurs in dry soils of woodlands, ridges, clearings, and field edges.
