Type of tree?

13 years ago

Hello all! So I recently purchased a new house and I'm not very good at figuring out what kind of trees are what. I mean it took me until the pear tree started actually making pears to figure out what it was. LoL So I'm wondering if you can lend me a hand on this one. This is a quite large conifer in the back corner of my yard, it was extremely overgrown and I had the tree trimmers clip it up about 6 feet from the bottom, at which point I spent all of last summer pulling out debris from under it. Including a actual play slide that was buried under years of fallen pine needles and other junk. The tree trimmers told me it was a cypress, but I wasn't quite sure, same guys who told my pear tree was healthy when it's one of the sickest trees I've ever seen now that it's in fruit. Anyone want a bunch of mutant pears? LoL

Any ideas on what type of pine this is would be very welcome! Thank you!

Here is a link that might be useful: Close Up

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gardener365
13 years ago
Thuja plicata, Western red cedar.

Dax
pineresin
13 years ago
Too broad and open-crowned to be Western Redcedar. It might be a Thuja 'Green Giant'.

Can you add some close-up pics of the foliage (and cones, if present), please?

Resin
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gardener365
13 years ago
I wondered about that..... wrong shape!
Foliage sprays look consistent (though blurry) with WRC; long and slender.

Dax
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
below his pic here.. is a link to two close ups

ken
Embothrium
13 years ago
Closer views linked to in original post show foliage and bark of T. plicata. Original plant of my registered cultivar T. p. 'Puget Pyramid' was as broad as high when selected. Stock of T. 'Green Giant' seen here produces vertical sprays of coarse foliage in nursery sizes, more like that of some cultivars of T. occidentalis in general aspect than of typical T. picata.

This post was edited by bboy on Sun, Sep 1, 13 at 14:00
Jaguarslair
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for all the suggestions, since there still seems to be some debate I'm posting a few more photos!
Jaguarslair
Original Author
13 years ago
Also not sure if this helps but I've never seen the tree produce any sort of cones, but I've only been here about a year now.
Jaguarslair
Original Author
13 years ago
Not sure if this helps but i figured a close up shot of the tree trunk wouldn't hurt anything at least. lol
gardener365
13 years ago
Still looks like Thuja plicata but your close-ups are non-existent. See link below to decide for yourself.

Dax

Here is a link that might be useful:
pineresin
13 years ago
Yep, close studio shots of both the upper side and under side of a shoot would help. Ditto any cones. Still doesn't look right for Thuja plicata to me.

Resin