Embrace your inner foodie with Think Iowa City's Restaurant Week starting on Saturday. Here's who is participating this year: ...

California does have fairly good fire-prevention measures and requirements in its building codes. One of the most important ...

The Lincoln Children's Zoo is looking for a lovely new name for its Humboldt penguin chick ahead of Valentine's Day. The female chick hatched on Dec. 15 and is the second chick of mom, Sharkbait, and ...

In 2024, only 12 red panda cubs were born in zoos in North America, according to the zoo. This means Juniper, Spruce, and Cedar make up 25 percent of the cubs born. “Their birth is incredibly ...

Juniper shrubs are getting a second look as ... “Our native Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is one of the most elegant upright junipers, but there are a number of upright species ...

The eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginicum) is an evergreen conifer common to our region. It does well in sandy, gravely, ...

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It is also not a pine tree like most of Missouri’s other evergreens. The eastern red cedar is a juniper and a member of the cypress family. Ashe’s juniper is the state’s only other native in the class ...

They recommended planting local species, like Eastern red cedar or Ashe juniper, as better options for the area. Others offered suggestions on possible planting issues. One person pointed out that the ...

He said the Eastern red cedar is a “nuisance species” that is actually a breed of juniper. “Since they’re a natural prairie species, they’re pretty tough trees,” Ochsner said. A rattlesnake crawls ...