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I think it may be Pinus Resinola (Red Pine), but cant be certain.

Yes I have looked at it, with thanks, so I think I need a decent 10x lens to examine the stomata, which I do not have at the moment. Still far from conclusive as I find the bud scale ID nomenclature a bit confusing.

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Still not sure about this pine, so here are a few more photos, taken May 25th. Dont think its Austrian as flowers normally yellow. Its definitely not Corsican either. Any ideas?

Yes, it is not dissimilar to caraminica (Crimean) as the bole has split, but the Crimean ones I have seen have multiple stems. All the typical Austrian pine I have seen have single boles and more heavily branched.

Thanks for the reply, I think the needles for Pinaster are normally longer than these ones. I see a lot of Pinaster in Bournemouth and the cones are normally larger too. Pines are always a hard species for me to ID.

Yes, may be Austrian, but foliage is normally bit darker, cones look very similar though thanks.

Trying to ID this 2 needle pine, needles about 5" in length, cones in clusters. Its not scots, shore or lodgepole, may be a black pine, but bark / cones doesnt look like Austrian or Corsican. May be a japanese red? I find 2 needle pines confusing to ID.

Thanks, given as Procera Oerst in the book I used, but looks like the same species, never seen this species growing 'in the wild; before, always in arboreta. Beautiful trees, the southern beeches, my favourite being nothofagus dombeyii.

Barking up the wrong tree, with those vertical fissures...

Was in New Forest today and explored a recently English Nature/RSPB acquired plot of forest. Lots of conifers, including a huge Scots Pine, some nice Western Hemlock, tall larch and Douglas Fir. Few oddities, notably a cluster of five trees. Initially thought it was Oriental Beech or some Fagus variant, but then decided it must be a Nothofagus? Was thinking Procera, or Rauli. Any ideas? Sorry about photos but phone camera lens seems to be misted.

I think both needle and cone length too short for Strobus. These needles the shortest I have seen for 5 needle pine. I may be wrong though. Never seen Peuce before, so must be unusual.

Looks to Picea Likiangensis to me, attached a photo I took from an arboretum. Look like spruce cones hanging down and needles appear to be on pegs.

It may be Pinus Peuce, but needles don't look right, and cones too small according to by reference books.

Ive been exploring Puckpits Inclosure in New Forest and there are some huge conifers there, many of which do not seem to be documented anywhere I have access to, and away from the 45m pinus nigra maritima. There are many species of spruce, pine, larch, hemlock, and plenty of huge douglas fir, also some young coast redwood which seem to be growing every time I visit. An amazing place. However, today I found a five needle pine species Ive never seen in the NF before, cones are similar to walliachana or strobus, but much smaller (approx 3-4" in length) Also have a 'frosted' resin appearance. The bark is also unusual for a pine. The needles are thin and wavy, and very short compared to most 5 needle pine I have seen approx 3" in length. The tree splits into two and the needles are all at the top, sparse foliage. The tree is approx 30m in height, probably 1m girth. Ive checked all my books but cant find anything resembling the tree. Please see photos (sorry they are poor quality), any ideas?

There is a p couteri in Hillier Gardens, Im always careful under the tree as a cone could so some serious damage, I weighed one over 2kg...

Be interested to see the leaf burst and any blossom. Amelanchier is indeed opposite but all the ones I have seen have multiple stems such as snowy mepsil not what looks like a single bole.

Lovely specimens, not many in 'tree form' in the UK according to the TR records.

Here are photos of the one at Hilliers. Pretty sure its the same species. @ 1.50m H; the C = 118cm, hence D = 37.5cm. I would approximate the tree height as 18m.

There is one at HHG in a car park I came across, unlabelled.

I think its Lyonothamnus Floridundus sub Asplenifolius

Mate for life and defend territories against all. Amazing agility for large birds, they do acrobatics and sometimes lock claws in flight. Im fortunate to have dozens of pairs within 10 miles of me... They use 'tools' to get at food (e.g sticks to find insects in crevices). They absolutely fascinate me.

Many thanks will give it a listen.

amazing birds, very intelligent.