Trees from a distance

[pigwot]

From the clues it could be pseudotsuga, which isn't technically a fir; the lower limbs hang out like a Tsuga; it's sparse like a young Larix...

 

[tomthetreeman]

It's none of those, guys. This tree is not native to North America, not even close. It is a rare bird here in New England, BARELY cold hardy here. This is a client's property here in RI, apparently being colonized by this tree. I'll give more clues if needed.

-Tom

 

[treeness]

Japanese Yew?

 

[pigwot]

Tsuga dumosa

 

[tomthetreeman]

Neither of those... This is a bit more exotic... Two of the common names include places where lots of cheap stuff is made, and it is native to both.

Tom

 

[pigwot]

Cunninghamia lanceolata

 

[tomthetreeman]

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Cunninghamia lanceolata

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Yessir! Pretty interesting that the plant is on the borderline of not being cold hardy yet invasive, huh?

-Tom

 

[pigwot]

Here's one, also from another continent. Our house guests last week (they are from Switzerland) have been driving a LandRover the world over for the past four years... they showed me this one from their 'other-continent' travels.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Those tropical ones are thread killers… Very few Buzzers have experience with them. I know a handful, but no clue on that one.

-Tom

 

[pigwot]

Cannonball Tree or Couroupita guianensis

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/for...cannonball-tree

Okay, back to native species...

 

[tomthetreeman]

While it looks like U. pumila, that is non-native, so I'm going with U. americana.

-Tom

 

[pigwot]

No, not Ulmus

 

[tomthetreeman]

Silver maple??

 

[pigwot]

Bingo;
You're up.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Here's an easy one:

 

[buck588]

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

 

[tomthetreeman]

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Cercidiphyllum japonicum

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No sir, not that.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

maybe its the picture on my computer but it kinda looks like a Taxus...?

 

[tomthetreeman]

You must guess Genus and species to win this game.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

Taxus cuspidata