Tree ID Help Please

[treesurfer78]

Hi all,

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.

 

[treesurfer78]

And here's a close up of one of it's branches.

 

[jimmyq]

a first impression is Sequoia of some sort but, I cant see the foliage detail well enough to give a solid answer. Where is the tree located?

 

[treesurfer78]

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!

 

[TreeCo]

Cryptomeria japonica?

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/cryptomeria_japonica.html

 

[sizzler]

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:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Tree_lined_path_to_the_Togakushi_shrine1.jpg

 

[NickfromWI]

Seq or Redwood was my first thought, but when I saw the second pic, it did look more like Cryptomeria...

 

[mdvaden]

The trunk - at that size - looks like Cryptomeria too.

Nice looking foliage.

I like the purple hue that some of them get in winter.

 

[treesurfer78]

Thanks for your help, chaps. I'll go with that then. Cryptomeria japonica it is!

 

[guymayor]

Many cultivars. Which one it is makes a big dif re mtc.

 

[TC]

sizzler's picture scares me!