AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ashe juniper trees are causing a lot of suffering for Central Texans with allergies this winter. We’ve had multiple days so far this season where the “cedar” count has ...

Juniper plants and trees are widespread evergreens. ... Additionally, Eastern red cedar is a tree that actually belongs to the Juniper genus. Native Range . Jim Morefield / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Juniper trees, when they are fully grown, often resemble narrow columns. One of the best examples of this is Juniperus virginiana , or the eastern red-cedar, one of the several "cedars" that are ...

The main culprit is mountain cedar, aka Ashe juniper. The pollen from trees in Texas is so heavy that even if you aren’t generally susceptible to allergies, you can still be seriously affected ...

The Utah juniper is considered the West’s most drought-tolerant and resilient conifer, withstanding even the worst dry spells while nearby pinyon and ponderosa drop their needles and die.

Taylor juniper trees are great for filling in small, narrow spaces in yards and along walkways. These are common mistakes ...

“Your neighbor may have a juniper tree if you don’t,” Yiesla said. Similar diseases called cedar-quince rust and cedar-hawthorn rust affect junipers and other trees that, like apples, are ...

Texas Rep. Ellen Troxclair, R-Austin, filed HB 2239 on February 13, 2023, intending to limit municipal interference in the private removal of ashe juniper trees. Rep. Troxclair believes that ashe ...

A female Ashe Juniper tree in Austin. Tom Miller: There’s a food benefit to these cedar trees. How do they help out animals? Karl Flocke: Absolutely. Animals, especially insects and other ...

The tree—the common tree, in all of its forms—occupies a curious role in human life. We need them. We protect them. We cultivate them. We harvest them. Subconsciously, we fear them. Countless ...