Evergreen Identification help

[Tstormwatcher]

I have these 2 evergreens in my side yard. They are both 3 years old. One is about 2 feet wide and 7 feet tall, narrow and tall, while the other is 3 to 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall, short and wide.
I took pictures of both and a closeup of their branches. Hope you can identify them. I have not had much luck. Thanks.

[O Town]

It looks like a type of cedar tree that I have seen around these parts. I am looking around now.

[artist]

looks like cedar to me as well. I am very allergic and it almost makes me itch just looking at them!

[lurkey]

I im'd my mom about the trees. She agrees that it is probably it is cedar. I know that there is a house in her neighborhood who has planted trees like yours as a natural fence. Here is link with pictures of the types of cedar trees

[O Town]

I im'd my mom about the trees. She agrees that it is probably it is cedar. I know that there is a house in her neighborhood who has planted trees like yours as a natural fence. Here is link with pictures of the types of cedar trees

LOL, you linked us back to this thread.
Alot of people use those for natural fences around here as well.

[DaylilyDawn]

It looks just like the cedar tree that hurricane Jeanne took down in our front yard. Ours had three trunks and two of the trunks were down and one was left leaning over the road toward our neighbor's house across the street from us.

[lurkey]

I im'd my mom about the trees. She agrees that it is probably it is cedar. I know that there is a house in her neighborhood who has planted trees like yours as a natural fence. Here is link with pictures of the types of cedar trees

LOL, you linked us back to this thread.
Alot of people use those for natural fences around here as well.

Sorry, about that . .. I think, based on link which I meant to post and this link, that the trees may be Juniperus virginiana Common name: eastern redcedar. This tree is common in the Southeast and turns out to be not a true cedar. It's is technically a juniper, apparently. From wikipedia:

Juniperus virginiana subsp. silicicola. Southern or Sand Juniper / Redcedar. Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from North Carolina south to central Florida and west to southeast Texas. Cones smaller, 3-4 mm; scale leaves blunt at apex; bark orange-brown. It is treated by some authors at the lower rank of variety, while others treat it as a distinct species.

[O Town]

Looks like an Eastern Red Cedar.
http://www.all-creatures.org/pica/ftshl-cedar-er.html

They get huge, my parents had about a 25 foot one cut down from thier front yard before it got way, way too big. They got a few nice hunks of wood out of it and clear coated them, see below .

[Tstormwatcher]

I am kinda hoping that they are not cedars because they are close to the house and fence. I have not seen any berries on them yet so I am not totally convinced that they are cedars. Thanks for the suggestions.

[tropicana]

whatever it is, I love it!

-justin-

[JQ Public]

If they just popped up like that they are Eastern Red Cedars which are native to the entire east coast just about. They are pretty trees and will only get berries when older. I mean you don't see baby oaks w/ acorns do ya? I am most certain it is that. If it is not that it 'could' be a leyland cypress but i'm betting on Eastern Red Cedar. Good luck they are pretty trees and don't get too wide.

[DaylilyDawn]

It can get wide if it developes more than one trunk. Ours was really so wide that it shaded the front of the house from the afternoon sun. It hid the entire front of the house on one side of the door.

[O Town]

Yep so did my moms.

[azsnowman]

It could also be a Italian Cyprus...na, too wide in girth, yeah, it's some form of cedar!! Speaking of which, as soon as my finger heals I am going woodcutting which will include a load of cedar, sure smells GOOD burning!

[Tstormwatcher]

Actually I went ahead and posted these pictures on a garden forum and they all believe that both are Junipers. I guy suggested that I take a clipping to a local nursury and have them identify it.

[O Town]

Hmmm, I guess it could be. Junipers I know of have more of spiny foliage like a pine.
But come to think of it I think I have seen a few of those around here, end up having really chunky trunks when mature, and white berries not purple.

[JQ Public]

Eastern Redcedar and Easter Juniper are the same thing. They are the only juniper/cedar that will just pop up in your yard in eastern NC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_virginiana

Its in the juniper family but is known as a cedar in the common vernacular.

The Eastern Juniper is a pioneer invader, which means that it is one of the first trees to repopulate cleared, eroded, or otherwise damaged land. The tree can often be found along highways and near recent construction sites.

[O Town]

Okay well duh, that makes sense now doesn't it?

[JQ Public]

hehe i guess the nomenclature is confusing for that tree.