Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Juniperus virginiana L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Juniperus andina Nutt.

Common names:

American savin [American savine] (1879?-1917) (46, 57)

Carolina cedar (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 157, 158)

Cedar (1806-1931, William Clark spells ceeder, Ordway) (35, 37, 39, 65)

Cedar apples (1876?, excresences of insects are incorrectly called cedar apples) (92)

Cedar tree (1879) (46)

Cédre de Virginie (1892, French) (6)

Cédre rouge (1770, French) (41)

Cedrus (1879) (46)

Common red cedar (1828-1937) (7, 112)

Eastern cedar (1904, NM) (149)

Eastern red cedar [Eastern redcedar] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Genevrier de Virginie (1785, French) (8)

Genevrier des Andes (1857, French) (20)

Hante or h'ante sha (1830, Dakota, seeds were hante itika translated as cedar eggs) (37)

Juniper (1878-1930, Western U.S.) (78, 106, 108)

Juniper bush [Juniper-bush] (1913) (5)

Maazi (1830, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Mishquawtuck (1879, Narraganset) (46)

Miskwa'wak (1928, Chippewa, red wood) (40)

Pencil cedar (1892-1929) (6, 157, 158)

Pencilwood [Pencil-wood, Pencil wood] (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 157, 158)

Red cedar [Red-cedar, Redcedar] (1770-1986, excresences of insects are incorrectly called cedar apples) (3 4, 5, 6, 9,12, 14, 20, 19, 27, 35, 38, 40, 41, 46, 48, 55, 57, 58, 72, 85, 92, 97, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 130, 131, 135, 136, 138, 147, 157, 158, 164)

Red cedar tree (1785) (8)

Red juniper (1770-1929) (5, 6, 41, 157, 158)

Red savin (1892-1929) (5, 6, 157, 158)

Rocky Mountain juniper (1857) (20)

Roth Ceder (1892, German) (6)

Savin (1895-1930, misapplied) (2, 5, 46, 106, 158)

Stinking cedar (1857) (20)

Tawatsaako (1830, Pawnee) (37)

Virginia red cedar (1937, TX) (122, 124)

Virginian cedar (1882-1929) (14, 157, 158)

Virginische Ceder (1892, German) (6)