The eastern red cedar is dioecious — which means the species has male and female plants. ... (This is why it’s common to see cedar trees growing in old fence rows where birds commonly perch.) ...

While red and white cedar are similarly durable, the white variety is more prone to knots, which are imperfections in the wood. Knots can be aesthetically displeasing, but that isn't the only ...

The most cost-effective way to manage eastern red cedar is fire management, says Andy Moore, Loess Canyons coordinating wildlife biologist with Pheasants Forever. Not so, according to saw mill ...

Perhaps best of all, the tree is a great survivor. Though it’s susceptible to fire and ice, Eastern red cedar can live more than 800 years and reach mammoth proportions, growing 50-feet tall and ...

Red cedar wood is red to pinkish and has a pleasant odor that supposedly repels moths. It's favored for making cedar chests. The wood resists rotting, and a fence post made of it can last for decades.

A lone eastern red cedar grows on the northern border of our property where it sprouted several years ago. Every year I pull cedar sprouts as I weed the garden and the flowerbeds, and my husband ...

We asked our friends at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden to spotlight something fascinating from the ground up. Lynn Jackson Kirk tells us about a tree so common and versatile that ...