One of our native trees, Southern red cedar, Juniperus silicicola, is a wonderful evergreen tree that provides both berries (if it’s a female tree) and cover for birds to nest in. As a juvenile ...

is a wintertime allergy offender caused by the Eastern Red Cedar tree, which dot the landscape here in the Southern Plains. On dry, breezy days early in the year, these trees release pollen in ...

This week, we meet Eastern red cedar or Juniperus virginiana, one of the most common coniferous trees in Indiana. This evergreen tree, also known as aromatic cedar, is unique in that it has both scale ...