Trees from a distance

[HÖLLENREICH]

A TOPPED one

lest the one by the wires is.

 

[jomoco]

Utilitus hammerii?

jomoco

 

[trees4ever]

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A TOPPED one lest the one by the wires is.

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HaHa

- very clever, Hollen.
And, yes, one was "topped"...
but what tree genus/species is this??

Actually, the wires are across the street from the two trees. It's just the angle of the photo.
There is a "story" to these trees....

-Diane-

 

[trees4ever]

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Utilitus hammerii?

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Very descriptive.
Yet "utilitus" were not the culprits...not this time at least.

-Diane-

 

[Waldo]

arborvitea

 

[trees4ever]

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arborvitea

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No, but they hang out in the same region with these trees.

-Diane-

 

[BostonBull]

hemlock of some sort?

 

[theXman]

Juniperus virginiana.

maybe variety 'skyrocket'.

If not:

Is the picture you showed, a somewhat typical shape for the specie?

Or were they drastically shaped over the years to look like that?

 

[Blinky]

Not sure if I'm spelling this right...
Cupressus sempervirens
Italian cypress

 

[tomthetreeman]

The twig ends look kinda like skyrocket juniper, but I had no idea they got that big... I'm going with Blinky on this one. C. sempervirens. Or it's a Cat-in-the-hat tree. Whatever it is, it's ridiculous looking!

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

I'm with you all on the Cupressus, but i'll go with:
Taxus baccata for grins.

 

[Blinky]

Definitely not a Truffula Tree.

 

[trees4ever]

First off, I commend you all as those were great AND appropriate guesses

considering these trees and their story.

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Is the picture you showed, a somewhat typical shape for the specie?

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Great question!
No, this is not it's typical shape.


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Or were they drastically shaped over the years to look like that?

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No shaping and not done over the years. This was a one time deal....for now...

These are coastal redwoods!! (Sequoia sempervirens)
100-120+ ft. tall.
Redwoods often drop branches in storms and so the owner stripped all the limbs off leaving just their main stems.
I don't know the full story and whether someone had been hurt by a falling limb and thus this action done to the trees and/or whether a TD was too involved & expensive (crane) or an ordinance was in place.
Anyhow, redwoods have incredible regenerative qualities. You can take a small chunk and put it in wet sand and it will sprout. SO if you leave a full living stem of the tree guess what... it sprouts! All along the 100+ ft.trunk!

The question now is - what will be the maintenance issues and safety risks of these trees as those sprouts grow out over the years? I can only imagine

-Diane-

 

[Blinky]

That's a trip! What people do to trees sometimes is completely beyond me.

 

[trees4ever]

Blinky - I agree 100%.

Is that mistletoe that created your Trufulla Tree?

Okay, the floor is open - thanks for letting me step in

-Diane-

 

[Blinky]

I have no idea Diane, I found it doing a Google search on Trufulla Tree.

Post another one, my pictures are all disorganized right now.

 

[tomthetreeman]

You guys know it was Dr. Seuss' birthday yesterday, right?

-Tom

 

[theXman]

alright how about this one:

1/2 point for the needle tree on the left and right.

1 full point for the specimen in the middle (not the child).

1/2 point for the name describing pruning and training a tree/plant this way.

 

[JeffL]

Damn, no time to guess the trees, but....

espalier!

 

[TNTree_man]

Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Blue Atlas Cedar

Wisteria sinensis

and yes espalier