Need help as the had me puzzled

[Rich Rule]

Working in a domestic customers garden today. They were an old couple but had a few trees in their garden but they were all planted before they moved in.

 

 

 

We were a bit stuck on id'ing the tree I had to remove and we settled on an Arizona Cypress.

 

 

 

Behind though was a tree approx 20 foot tall and the same wide. Leaves and growth habit was that of a Yew tree. However, the bark looks more like a Beech tree as opposed to Yew.

 

 

 

No, I didn't just stick a Yew twig on a Beech tree

 

 

 

I put a couple of pictures on Facebook and the idea of Hemlock came back but there were no small cones on the floor and the bark is too smooth IMO.

 

 

 

Any ideas as this one really had us stumped.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Rich.

Edited July 23, 2015 by Rich Rule

[Rich Rule]

Pictures...

 

 

 

Rich

[timbernut]

Strawberry tree? Haven't seen one since I was a kid but there was a large one at school and I remember thinking it was yew til I saw the fruits,

[Rich Rule]

No fruits and Strawbery tree tends to have rougher bark. Also iirc the Strawberry tree has foliage that looks closer to Holm Oak. Ie Evergreen and waxy.

[Steve Bullman]

Interesting one. Was the bark consistent throughout the tree?

[Rich Rule]

Yes mate. Looked the same from what I could see. Back there tomorrow so I could grab some more picture of anything specific if it would help anyone with the ident.

[Rich Rule]

One of my pals even sent the pictures to a couple of friends who work at Kew.

 

Even they couldn't ID it.

[Mark Bolam]

Hornbeam.

 

 

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[Lignaterrae]

Would need a closer look at the foliage but it sure looks like a Chinese rarity, Cunninghamia lanceolata.

 

If that turns out correct I'd really like a lump of the timber...

[Rich Rule]

What would help you correctly ID mate?

 

You can zoom in on the foliage from the pictures I posted. Do you need to see the underside of the foliage?

 

Edit: just check the web for that one and the foliage looks pointier on your suggestion.

Edited July 23, 2015 by Rich Rule