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Juniperus virginiana
The Eastern Red Cedar a small to medium-sized aromatic evergreen tree. Typically, the trunk is straight and the tree has a pointed, dense, conical crown that may be varied or irregular, depending on ecotype or competing vegetation. The fruit, or cone, is berrylike and dark blue. Birds devour the fruit.
Meadow near Lake Lewisville.
The berries are actually small tightly compacted cones. Red cedar was widely used by American Indian Tribes. http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs...
Spotted on Sep 21, 2012
Submitted on Oct 4, 2012
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