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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This looks like the bark of a cupressacea... I can identify the tree, but I need a close-up shot of the leaves and (if possible) of the cones.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
This looks like the bark of a cupressacea... I can identify the tree, but I need a close-up shot of the leaves and (if possible) of the cones.


Here's the cones...


And the foliage, but it's not a very clear one - I'll take another.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes this is definitely a tree of the Cupressaceae genus.
With a good leaf closeup, I should be able to identify the species.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmmm...Cupressus Sempervirens or Macrocarpa ?. Arizonica and Glabra (I have one) are quite differents.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Helios wrote:
Hmmm...Cupressus Sempervirens or Macrocarpa ?. Arizonica and Glabra (I have one) are quite differents.


From my Bonsai growing days I'd say it was more likely to be Macrocarpa (Monterey Cyprus) than Sempervirens (Mediteranean/Italian Cyprus). Sempervirens is normally more column shaped from memory.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Farside wrote:

Here's a pic of it... somebody who knows a bit more about trees might put a proper ID on it... the bark seems different to Scots Pines I see on the web. It's always just been know locally as the Scots Pine, but it might not be.


I'm fairly familiar with Scots Pines since I grew up in Scotland. I don't have any photos of them, though. The overall shape of the tree here is not that much like a Scots pine. The bark isn't red enough, either.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Yes this is definitely a tree of the Cupressaceae genus.
With a good leaf closeup, I should be able to identify the species.

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No sooner said than done - well, quite a bit later, actually.




PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cupressus glabra (Smooth Arizona Cypress).
This is an imported species, native of Arizona's Rocky Mountains. It is often imported in Central and Northern Europe because it's more cold-resistant than the Cupressus sempervirens (native of Mediterranean area).

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Cupressus glabra (Smooth Arizona Cypress).
This is an imported species, native of Arizona's Rocky Mountains. It is often imported in Central and Northern Europe because it's more cold-resistant than the Cupressus sempervirens (native of Mediterranean area).


Wow. Thanks for that, Orio. At last, I now know what it is and can go find out more about it, especially how long-lived it is.
Was talking about it today with a neighbour; he told me it was scheduled to be cut down in 1989, but the fella who was to do it died and it got left in peace.

Turns out it's a world-class tree
http://www.americanforests.org/resources/bigtrees/register.php?details=191

I've just measured the height of mine by the stick method and get it to somewhere between 80 and 84 feet. I must get a more accurate measurement done.
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