DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Redcedar 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Eastern redcedar is the most widely distributed conifer of the East and
grows in all states east of the Great Plains [11,61].  Its range extends
from southwestern Maine to southern Minnesota and the Dakotas, southward
to western Nebraska and central Texas, and eastward to northern Florida
and Georgia [56].  Eastern redcedar has expanded into the Great Plains
through the regeneration of planted trees [54].  Its range was much more
extensive during pre-Pleistocene and pre-Pliocene times [4].  Relict
stands in refugia from earlier climatic regimes persist in parts of
western Kansas and the Texas Panhandle [4].  Eastern redcedar is
cultivated in Hawaii [104].

Var. crebra replaces var. virginiana from portions of New England,
eastern and central New York and New Jersey southward to western
Virginia, and westward to southern Indiana, Tennessee, southern Missouri
and southeastern Wisconsin [32].  Var. ambigens grows in parts of the
Northeast [32].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CO  CT  DE  FL  GA  HI  IL  IN
     IA  KS  KY  LA  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN  MS
     MO  NE  NH  NJ  NY  NC  ND  OH  OK  RI
     SC  SD  TN  TX  VA  WV  WI  ON  PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  ANTI  ASIS  BADL  BISO  BITH
     BLRI  BUFF  CACO  CAHA  CALO  CAMO
     CHCH  COLO  COSW  CUGA  CUVA  DEWA
     EFMO  FIIS  FOCA  FODO  GATE  GWCA
     GWMP  GRSM  HOBE  HOSP  INDU  MACA
     MANA  MORR  NATR  NERI  OBRI  OZAR
     PIPE  PRWI  RICH  SARA  SCBL  SHEN
     SHIL  VAFO  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains
   16  Upper Missouri and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K074  Bluestem prairie
   K075  Nebraska Sandhills prairie
   K076  Blackland prairie
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K083  Cedar glades
   K084  Cross Timbers
   K085  Mesquite - buffalograss
   K089  Black Belt
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    19  Gray birch - red maple
    21  Eastern white pine
    37  Northern white cedar
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    42  Bur oak
    44  Chestnut oak
    46  Eastern redcedar
    64  Sassafras - persimmon
    68  Mesquite
    75  Shortleaf pine
    79  Virginia pine
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine      
   109  Hawthorn
   110  Black oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Eastern redcedar grows as a climax overstory dominant on certain harsh,
rocky sites.  It also occurs as a dominant in seral communities on a
variety of disturbed sites [24].

Related categories for Species: Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Redcedar