Help to id plant

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  1. blueoaks

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    Hi, any assistance woul be great to id the plant in the jpeg.

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    A little more info. would help, like where it's growing, how high and wide it gets, what cones look like, etc. etc., maybe another pic. with more of it's shape...
     
  3. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Probably a juniper of some sort. A pic of the whole plant would help.
     
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    Sorry folks, here's bit more info.
    The tree is in the gvrd area, grows to about 30 feet high and about 15 ft wide in a conical form.
    The trunk is brown about 2.5 ft diameter at the base.
    It not a pine, helock, fir, spruce, cypress and the leave looks similar to ceder but it not a ceder.
    The pic below is a branch I properageted from the parent tree.
     

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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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  6. Rima

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    Looks like a Thuja ('cedar') to me...
     
  7. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera).
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Agree with Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa'
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Variable 'Plumosa Aurea' more prevalent, yours does have yellowish tips. If you ever get a flush of decidedly yellow new growth then it's 'Plumosa Aurea'.
     
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    The new growth is light green not quite yellow.
     
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    The new growth is light green not quite yellow, the pic below is the parent tree.
    Could it be a redwood?
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Definitely Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara Cypress; not a redwood)
     
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    I must admit, I was at the arboretum today and had a close look at the sequoia foliage, not for this thread it was just out of curiosity, when I looked close, it made me think perhaps that was the plant pictured here. But I take Micheal F's and Ron B's ID to heart and dont disagree.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Definitely C. pisifera 'Plumosa Aurea'.
     
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    Ok I'll go with "Plumosa Aurea" then.

    Thanks all for the help.
     

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