If we had them now they would not only add character and beauty to the landscape, especially in winter, but also furnish food and cover for many birds and small mammals. Actually, this tree is a juniper, known commercially and in tree books as Eastern Redcedar. On some species these berries are red-brown or orange but on most they are blue and very aromatic.
Junipers are also peculiar in that they have two types of evergreen leaves.
Seedlings and the young twigs of older trees have small needle-like leaves. Most of the branches on mature trees are covered with tiny overlapping scale-like leaves. There are about 40 species of junipers, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. Some of these vary in size and shape from tall columnar forms to low cones or spreading platter-like shrubs with long trailing branches. Both native and foreign kinds of junipers, including many horticultural varieties, are widely used in landscaping.