Southern Redcedar (Juniperus silicicola)

Family: Cupressaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Form: Columnar, Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweetish resinous flesh, the cones are about 7 - 10mm in diameter and have a thin skin. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A thin, sweetish resinous flesh, the cones are about 7 - 10mm in diameter and have a thin skin.

Habitat & North American Range

Low wet areas of swamps, stream and creek margins and flood-plain woodlands. Tolerating varying levels of soil moisture, it also grows in open woods and abandoned fields, usually on limestone. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)