Help identifying coniferous tree

[mikemking]

Found this little guy in my yard, so I scooped him up and put him in a pot. I *think* it's a spruce, Norway Spruce. Or perhaps a fir?

I'm in SE PA.

Probably won't survive but we'll see. Worth a shot. Didn't leave it in the ground because it was the middle of my lawn where I mow.

 

[ShimpakuBonsai]

To me it doesn't look like a spruce or fir but some kind of Juniper, most likely a J. Communis Prostate or maybe a J. Procumbens (less likely).

You can try to identify it with a app like Plantnet.

 

[stewarjm192]

Juniper, definitely not spruce fir or pine

 

[Likebull1]

Eastern Red Cedar?

 

[mikemking]

You can try to identify it with a app like Plantnet.

Thanks, not sure why I didn't think of that!

According to Plantnet, it seems to be a juniper. The big tree is definitely Common Spruce. I assumed the sapling came from the big tree, no idea where a juniper would have come from as there aren't any on my property or neighboring properties.

I'll treat it like a juniper and see how it does.

 

[WIlliam_Butler_Yeets]

Thanks, not sure why I didn't think of that!

According to Plantnet, it seems to be a juniper. The big tree is definitely Common Spruce. I assumed the sapling came from the big tree, no idea where a juniper would have come from as there aren't any on my property or neighboring properties.

I'll treat it like a juniper and see how it does.

there's a fair number of birds that eat juniper berries

 

[Paradox]

Could be common juniper as well.
Birds or something else easily Could have deposited seeds

 

[rockm]

It is an Eastern Red Cedar. ERC is NOT a cedar despite its name. It's a juniper and an extremely common one in the eastern U.S. It's everywhere--and one of the most common trees in the Middle Atlantic states.

it typically makes really really crappy bonsai material.--growth and foliage is uneven, trunks lack character. Host to Cedar Apple Rust that also infects apple trees.

 

[mikemking]

It is an Eastern Red Cedar. ERC is NOT a cedar despite its name. It's a juniper and an extremely common one in the eastern U.S. It's everywhere--and one of the most common trees in the Middle Atlantic states.

it typically makes really really crappy bonsai material.--growth and foliage is uneven, trunks lack character. Host to Cedar Apple Rust that also infects apple trees.

Thanks! It does look like ERC. I guess I'll just plant it as a tree at the edge of my yard if it survives.