You are in the middle of cedar town. There is all kinds of cedar in Pa.
The Amish make furniture from it in York, Pa. all day long.
Look around locally. It's easier, faster, & cheaper.
But anyway I'm super confused now between here and Facebook. I have no idea what she means.
What 12 year old girl knows about cedar wood?
You are in the middle of cedar town. There is all kinds of cedar in Pa.
The Amish make furniture from it in York, Pa. all day long.
Look around locally. It's easier, faster, & cheaper.
Western PA? York is a 4+ hour drive and on the other side of what we call mountains.
But I've been through all our forrests around here and not sure I've seen a cedar tree though not sure what one looks like.
But anyway I'm super confused now between here and Facebook. I have no idea what she means.
What 12 year old girl knows about cedar wood?
Where does she live, Cliff?
If she lives in central Texas, particularly in "hill country" area and if there's "cedar everywhere" as you mentioned in the original post, my guess is that it might be Ashe Juniper rather than cedar. Ashe Juniper looks a lot like cedar & is sometimes called post cedar, mountain cedar, rock cedar, blueberry juniper, Texas cedar or Mexican cedar.
Eastern red cedar grows mostly in the eastern third of the state, but both Ashe Juniper & ERC can be found outside their most common areas. I have both on my farm in DeWitt Co.
There are also a few other species of juniper & cedar in Texas that resemble Ashe Juniper or ERC and all are various types of Juniperus.
Check out the http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/ web site. Type in juniper or cedar in the search field to get info & photos on our varieties of native cedars & junipers.
But anyway I'm super confused now between here and Facebook. I have no idea what she means.
What 12 year old girl knows about cedar wood?
Where does she live, Cliff?
If she lives in central Texas, particularly in "hill country" area and if there's "cedar everywhere" as you mentioned in the original post, my guess is that it might be Ashe Juniper rather than cedar. Ashe Juniper looks a lot like cedar & is sometimes called post cedar, mountain cedar, rock cedar, blueberry juniper, Texas cedar or Mexican cedar.
Eastern red cedar grows mostly in the eastern third of the state, but both Ashe Juniper & ERC can be found outside their most common areas. I have both on my farm in DeWitt Co.
There are also a few other species of juniper & cedar in Texas that resemble Ashe Juniper or ERC and all are various types of Juniperus.
Check out the http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/ web site. Type in juniper or cedar in the search field to get info & photos on our varieties of native cedars & junipers.
San Antonio
Odds are quite high that what she has around there is actually Ashe Juniper. The leaves will have the characteristic cedar aroma, and so will the wood to some extent, but not nearly as strong or long-lasting as "aromatic cedar" (ERC).
The cone pods of Ashe Juniper are a fairly dark blue, resembling wild blueberries. Those on ERC are a much lighter blue.
Other possibilities in that area are red-berry juniper (coppery-reddish colored cone pods) and one-seeded juniper (blue-green colored cone pods), but the primary range for those starts a little NW of San Antonio.
The cone pods should be apparent if she wants to check them out. A-J pods start growing in Feb-Apr and continue to ripen until about Nov, then open & release seeds over the next several months.
Odds are quite high that what she has around there is actually Ashe Juniper. The leaves will have the characteristic cedar aroma, and so will the wood to some extent, but not nearly as strong or long-lasting as "aromatic cedar" (ERC).
The cone pods of Ashe Juniper are a fairly dark blue, resembling wild blueberries. Those on ERC are a much lighter blue.
Other possibilities in that area are red-berry juniper (coppery-reddish colored cone pods) and one-seeded juniper (blue-green colored cone pods), but the primary range for those starts a little NW of San Antonio.
The cone pods should be apparent if she wants to check them out. A-J pods start growing in Feb-Apr and continue to ripen until about Nov, then open & release seeds over the next several months.
Not the greatest but I'm pretty sure this is the road we followed where he said all these trees were cedar.
https://goo.gl/maps/k2tQFDmFNhm
Nope, most Texas cedar is the aromatic Eastern Red Cedar species.
You do have to be careful though as we also have several varieties of juniper that resemble cedar. We also have Western Red Cedar which is not as aromatic as ERC, but that's mostly in the western part of the state.