Tree ident

[jeanesy]

Thoughts on this? Boss reckons its a juniper but it's not prickly enough. Seen loads of them but shamefully, don't know what they're called😳

[Yournamehere]

Crytomaria japonica

[jeanesy]

I thought crypto. Very pungent smelling foliage

[treesrus]

yep, cryptomeria, has a fluffy sort of look to it.

[kev7937]

Cryptomeria japonica 'elegans' surely?

[se7enthdevil]

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if one is coming down i might be interested in the wood, it's supposed to look really nice.

 

File:Cryptomeria japonica SectionOfAFelledTree.JPG - Wikimedia Commons

[Paul Melarange]

I'm pretty sure it's not Cryptomeria. How about Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa' (a variety of Sawara Cypress)?

[Yournamehere]

Cryptomeria japonica 'elegans' surely?

 

 

Yes, and stop calling me Shirly!

 

Re the squarrosa^; squarrosa would have a much denser foliage, both on the crown [like any other chamcyp] and on the twig. It would be much more 'heathery' in appearance. This is distinctly 'open'.

Mitchell: Conifers of the B.I. has a leaf length of 15mm for C.jap but only 5mm for pisifira.

Good pics of both in Johnson and More: Collins Tree Guide.

[Paul Melarange]

If it was Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' I'd have thought it would be a different colour?

 

Mitchell writes 'foliage permanently juvenile, bluish-green in summer, deep red or bronzy, purple-brown in winter'.

 

It's so difficult to identify these sorts of trees from just a couple of photos. I struggle enough with the tree in front of me! 😕

[Yournamehere]

If it was Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' I'd have thought it would be a different colour?

 

Mitchell writes 'foliage permanently juvenile, bluish-green in summer, deep red or bronzy, purple-brown in winter'.

 

It's so difficult to identify these sorts of trees from just a couple of photos. I struggle enough with the tree in front of me! 😕

 

You know... the more I think about it, the more I think you might be right.

Come on Jeanesy, 5mm or 15mm on the leaf blade?

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