Yay, I'll keep an eye on it, pot it up when it gets a bit bigger

Parent is probably visible nearby.

Hmm, I'm in the middle of a newly built housing estate. There are Chamecyparis nearby though I think. Or did they get felled...?

Yew?

Not sure. I had a Chamae seedling a few years ago that had seed leaves like these, below the adult-like foliage

My guess is a Yew.

Mike

If you look at this Chamecyparis seedling from years ago it has similar juvenile leaves

That is a dead ringer Larry. It'll be fun to see it reveal itself.

Sadly I lost that Chamae seedling, literally! High winds rearranged the garden. Hopefully this new one will fare better

Very difficult to tell one pine family member from another at this most early of stages. Same is true for the Cupressaceae. They just don't look very different from one another at this stage.

+oM

Not pine family, more likely cypress family

As I indicated above^ Cupressaceae.

+oM

Many of the Asian cupressus species germinate with only 2 cotyledons present.

I live in the middle of a housing estate and there are quite a few Lawson's Cypress nearby so it's probably one of those. It'll be good bonsai material

I get quite a few Lawson Cypress volunteers on my place, but I usually spot them when they are larger and have lost their juvenile foliage. Guess I'll have to look closer for younger seedlings.

Thuja plicata seedlings have juvenile foliage also and they are easy to spot.

Mike