Pencil Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

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

Bloom Color: Green, Yellow. Form: Columnar, Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweetish resinous flesh. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A sweetish resinous flesh.; They can be crushed and used as a flavouring in soups and stews.; The cones are about 5mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry, rarely wet, open woods and rock slopes, often on limestone. Infertile soils and old pastures. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)