Stumped! Can you help me ID a tree in my yard? (In the Northwest) 2 attached photos: close-up of live branch, dead branch and cones, full tree photo Here are some guesses but after researching, I'm pretty sure it's NOT: Cryptomeria japonica Calocedrus decurrens (Incense Cedar) Sequoia giganteum Thuja plicata If it's a juniper, what kind of juniper??? The branches have pleasant pine-like fragrance. The needles are soft and sharp when green and very prickly when brown and dead. When you look head-on at a stem, the needles are arranged like bottlebrush little x's, not spiral. The cones are very small (1/4" and papery, no berries ever visible) It's not blue-green, but not super bright green Thank you all in advance!!
Chamacyparis pisifera juvenile foliage form such as 'Squarrosa' or 'Boulevard'. Tree habit shown is like the former, but foliage close-up may perhaps show the more appressed, broader-looking leaves of the latter. Comparison with known examples of either would soon make it clear which.
Ron B: You rock! It's definitely Chamacyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa'. Until I had it trimmed, it was just a big sloppy tree; now it's handsome AND has a name! Thank you! Here are a series of photos from the OSU website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/chpis6.htm
