This is my first post here and all that... Hope some of you may be able to help ID this tree I saw on a visit to a small kind of arboretum. I have no idea what it is. Thanks in advance.
Sequoia was my first thought, based on the size of the specimen and the bark. But the foliage differs somewhat. It's akin to catkins... but green. The tree is found in Cefn Onn Park, Cardiff, UK. That's not gonna be much use to you non-GB residents!
i second that crytomeria japonica, especially with all that dead foliage underneath the green, very crytomerish. they can get huge, check out this picture on wikipedia: