Lawson cypress are an introduced species, so the tree is unlikely to be over 100 years old, or is unlikely to be a Lawson cypress. The species is...
Coincidentally, I am also familiar with fungus gnats, shore flies and Home Depot. I work for the third one, and have borne witness to the other...
I've hung around quite a few vine maples over the years, and don't recall seeing a dead one, where its demise might possibly have been caused by...