Eastern Redcedar, Juniperus virginiana (Used by the gryneus and sweadneri races.)
The county was founded February 14, 1845, and named after Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Sac River, which in turn is named from the Eastern red cedar, a common tree of the area.
Among the trees found in the park are Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana), Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida), American Holly (Ilex opaca), Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis), Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana).
Many grasses are C4 plants that concentrate CO2 levels in their bundle sheaths to increase the efficiency of RuBisCO, the enzyme responsible for photosynthesis, while Junipers are C3 plants that rely on (and may benefit from) the natural CO2 concentrations of the environment, although they are less efficient at fixing CO2 in general.
Pencil cedar, Virginia pencil cedar - Juniperus virginiana CUPRESSACEAE
Juniperus communis | Quercus virginiana | Juniperus virginiana | Juniperus procera | Juniperus deppeana | Juniperus bermudiana | Pashtun Juniper (''Juniperus macropoda'') | Diospyros virginiana | The hardy ''Juniperus bermudiana | Prunus virginiana | Medeola virginiana | Juniperus occidentalis | ''Juniperus communis'' subsp. ''alpina'', in Vitosha | Juniperus californica |