. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE XXVII. RED CEDAR IdMiiili Willi i)is1illatc tlo\v( is. x I liianch witli staiuinato ll(nve!>-, x h. I)niii(li with ii«'»'(U('s and fruit, x >.. scfdliiiK, natural sizo. ln-nnch vitli s«-alf-liko noodles and witli awl-sliaped ucedles, x i- iiiglo bi'iry-likc fruit, natural size. 93 RED CEDAR Juniperus virginiana, Linnaeus GENUS DESCRIPTION—^The genus Juniperus comprises about 40 species of trees and shrubs ia the world, of which number 16 species are native to North America and 2 to Pennsylvania.
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE XXVII. RED CEDAR IdMiiili Willi i)is1illatc tlo\v( is. x I liianch witli staiuinato ll(nve!>-, x h. I)niii(li with ii«'»'(U('s and fruit, x >.. scfdliiiK, natural sizo. ln-nnch vitli s«-alf-liko noodles and witli awl-sliaped ucedles, x i- iiiglo bi'iry-likc fruit, natural size. 93 RED CEDAR Juniperus virginiana, Linnaeus GENUS DESCRIPTION—^The genus Juniperus comprises about 40 species of trees and shrubs ia the world, of which number 16 species are native to North America and 2 to Pennsylvania. The Junipers are usually medium-sized trees or occasionally shrubs. This is possibly the most widely distributed genus of trees in North America, since there is hardly a state in the United States In which some one or a few of them do not grow. They have little value as timber trees since only 1 species reaches a size large enough to produce timber. The fruit of the Junipers usually called berries, is the most distinctive character of the trees. These berries are in reality cones, but have the appearance of a berrj'. In addition to the species described here, the Common Juniper (Juniperus communis, Linnaeus) Is also native to this State. It is usually a shrub, found locally in the eastern and northern parts of the State and extends as far south as Cornwall, in Lebanon county. FOEM—An average-sized tree usually attaining a height of 25-40 ft. with diameter of 1-2 ft. but may reach a maximum height in the south of 120 ft. with a diameter of 3-4 feet. Crown usually deep, dense, narrow, and conic, but occasionally In old specimens broad, spreading, and round-topped. BAEK—Rather thin, often grooved, reddish-brown, peeling off Into rather long, narrow, stringy fllm-like strips. See Fig. 73. TWIGS—Slender, usually four-sided and green as long as leaves persist, but after leaves have fallen are round and reddish-brown. BUDS—rnconspicuous, because they are small in size an
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