I am have attached a picture of some cedar needles in hope someone can identify them. I did not attach a picture of the tree yet as I did not have my camera when i saw the tree. thanks C
Michael - You're right about the Sequoia, but your photo is of Cedrus Deodora, a native Himalayan cedar. There are many cedars out there, which can be confusing. Here in British Columbia, our native cedars are western red cedar and yellow cedar.
hello yes the picture is of a Cedar Cedrus deodara the western Red Cedar and Yellow cedars are not Old world or true botanical Cedars. they are in a completely different family the Cypresses or Cupressaceae. the common name "cedar" refers to many things that look the same from the anatomy of the wood. (from a lumberjack point of view) if you cut an unknown tree down and it looks like the tree from the old country you give it that common name ask an Australian to bring you a red cedar they will probably bring a eucalypt of some sort while some one from New Zealand will bring a member of the Podocarpaceae! so be careful with the use of common names... latin name is universal abientot
Mssr Pierrot, I hear you talking, I just read a Twitter press release via the ISA, the whole article referred to a medical advancement with Eastern Red Cedar, not one mention of the scientific name of the species at all. Sheesh. http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/...cle_c222e413-f250-595a-9df5-0746433a77cf.html
thanks to all that replied, are these native to vancouver or burnaby? i love the look of these beauties...
The first one you asked about is from the Sierra Nevada of California, the giant redwood of Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
