The Eastern Red Cedar is used in wildlife plantings and shelter belts. They can also be used for wounds, rashes, skin conditions, such as, eczema, acne, warts, and fungal skin infections, and hair loss. It also helps with joints when people have rheumatism and for asthma when rubbed onto the chest. People can also use the Eastern Red Cedar for perfumes, cosmetics, and soaps. 

The Eastern Red Cedar is native to the eastern United States. There is a range of them throughout Nova Scotia to Ontario, through the northern Great Plains to eastern Texas, northern Florida, and the Atlantic Coast. 

The Eastern Red Cedar used to be endangered. However it is now so much more abundant and no longer in danger. 

For a Eastern Red Cedar to grow in takes at least 3 years. It is a very long process. Wind carries pollen from male to female flowers making another cedar tree. 

They have scaly leaves and reddish-brown bark that likes to grow in strips. It typically produces either male or female cones. The male cones will be small and have a color of muted yellow. The female cones are much larger and rounder.