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What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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Posted by
mkplant none (
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Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 12:04
| Can anyone identify this tree?
upper image: The tree in question is BEHIND the gum tree.
lower image: Is a side view of about 3 or 4 of the trees.
It a low (20ft-30ft) wide (40-60ft) cypress looking tree. A little yellow on the "leaves". No central trunk as such. More like a bunch of trunk like branches from a central base. Sorry for the photo quality. I do not live in the country anymore and had to take them from Google street view. |
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RE: What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 12:52
| Yes, the top one might be a yellow form of Monterey cypress. The "gum tree" looks like a weeping bottlebrush, as far as can be made out. |
RE: What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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| Maybe. The Monterey cypresses I have seen have a more gnarled and twisted trunk. Here is a better photograph:) |
RE: What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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| Where is this tree growing? Location is always helpful to narrow down possibilities. |
RE: What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 17:06
| To check, pick foliage and, if present, cone samples of what you think is definitely a yellow Monterey cypress and take them to the tree(s) in question and hold them beside one another, compare their structure and aromas. |
RE: What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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| The plant is growing about 40 miles/60 kilometres south of Melbourne, Australia. The environment is coastal with almost continuous wind and an average high temperature range of 55-80 fahrenheit/13-27 celsius. |
RE: What tree is this? Some kind of cypress maybe?
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| Indeed. It appears that Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) is very common in the area I mentioned. Thanks for the assistance everyone:) |
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