Cedar Trees

Having grown up with relatives in Southern Utah, I have driven through St George and Cedar City many times.  I just assumed that the city was named for the trees around it that look somewhat like this:

http://cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/pinyon-juniper.htm

But, in the scriptures, we read about "Cedars of Lebanon."  Somehow, the feeling that I've always gotten from the scriptural references to cedars are that they are tall and regal.  I've also wondered how it is possible to get the valuable cedar planks that line chests and closets from the stubby cedars that I'm familiar with. 

And, at Mount Vernon (home of George Washington), we discovered the answer.  These are real cedar trees, right from Lebanon.

 

Now it all makes much more sense.  And then, as I was searching for a picture of "Utah Cedars" on google, the first result that came up listed Juniper trees.  Utah cedars aren't cedar at all!  They're juniper trees!