Thanks for any ideas:

Reminds me of Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Thanks. I doubt it's anything valuable as it came from seed sown by the birds.

Arlene, that's just a wild guess on my part. I'm not great at identifying plants by comparing photos, especially trees ... it just reminded me of the Red Cedar but I don't even know if that tree grows in your area. Hopefully others will chime in here with suggestions.

The thread "Cupressaceae; Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)" in Plant ID forum

Oops, was it already positively ID'd back in June? I didn't see the other thread ... sorry.

No definite conclusion so I'm still looking for an ID. I didn't realize I had posed the question back in June. Blame it on age.

I'm fairly sure it's Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)

But I wonder if Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) would grow in Long Island, N.Y. where Arlene lives?

http://www.conifers.org/cu/Jun...

Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper or Sierra juniper) is a shrub or tree native to the western United States, growing in mountains at altitudes of 800–3,000 metres (2,600–9,800 ft) and rarely down to 100 metres (330 ft).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...

Oh, for some reason I thought pirl was from Oregon.

Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginianus) then.

I'm sure I am much older, Kent!

Our altitude is about 16'.

I'll go with Eastern Redcedar then and close this thread.

Thanks to all for the ID.