This evergreen tree, native to eastern North America, is a dense, slow-growing tree with reddish-brown bark that peels off the trunk in thin strips. Though not a true cedar, the aromatic wood of this juniper is distasteful to moths and therefore used to make “cedar closets” and “cedar chests” for storing clothes. It is also known as Pencil-Cedar, Red-Cedar, Cedar Tree, Juniper or Savin.