School Assignment: winter interest

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by dadausesus, Jan 29, 2010.

  1. dadausesus

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    10 points to anyone who can identify this little tree?
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    chimera Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Kind of looks like Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' or 'Tanyosho' from the distance. A close up photo may help.
     
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    thanks!
     
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    you wouldn't know of any dwarf versions of this? (apparantly it reaches 20 feet
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    M. D. Vaden Active Member 10 Years

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    Which little tree are you talking about?

    There is a spruce and a pine in the image - two little trees.
     
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    sorry, the one on the right
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Tanyosho is a Japanese common name and not a cultivar name 'Tanyosho'. Since it grows roughly 6" per year, it takes an 'Umbraculifera' at least 40 years to grow 20' tall; probably most that height are older than this. Nurseries do sometimes present supposedly dwarfer forms with names like 'Umbraculifera Compacta'. Some doubt has been expressed about their distinctiveness.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    There's a Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' 11 metres tall in Britain. Wouldn't be surprised if much larger ones exist in gardens in Japan.
     
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    chimera Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Was thinking maybe used as a synonym for 'Umbraculifera', then see them listed as separate cultivars in the American Conifer Society database and R. A. Obrizok's book.
     
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