Help identify

[jcrossett]

Attached are some pictures of what thinking is some type of needle juniper. I found these guys in the middle of my in-laws yard and some seem to be there for years after being ran over by the lawnmower week after week, year after year. Think these little guys are great.

 

[petegreg]

Looking at your geo position I think there's not too many species to think about. Common Juniper?

 

[sorce]

That's what my J.Cracks (ERC, J.Virg.) look like lawn whacked.

Could be common too.

Sorce

 

[augustine]

Eastern red cedar, can be used for bonsai if you can find a trunk with a little size. Those little trunks will never thicken in your lifetime.

 

[jcrossett]

The trunk on the one is the size of my finger could make a great mame?

 

[johng]

problem with ERC is the foliage...bottom line is that it just sucks and never looks right... causing most folks to give up on the species after a period of time. I do like the small twisted trunks....now that they won't be getting mowed every week you may have to work to maintain the small size.

 

[GrimLore]

problem with ERC is the foliage...bottom line is that it just sucks and never looks right...

I agree, not so much the mature foliage but the immature. I have some 5-6 years now and they are still juvenile... Any other Juniper I have and or had goes to mature far quicker as well as develop berries.
ERC could still make a decent forest though with that natural upright growth.

Grimmy