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Hi, can anyone help identify a tree in our garden. It's approximately 50 feet high. I attach a photograph of the tree, the needles and the bark. It loses all it's needles over the winter and they are not present again until May into June.
6 Aug, 2015
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I don't think it's Larch, that has a different arrangement of leaflets. It might be Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the Dawn Redwood. Paintstripper, are the leaflets arranged in opposite pairs? I can't quite tell from the photo. Does it have good autumn colour?
6 Aug, 2015
I did think the trunk was rather thick for larch.Should have remembered the arrangement of the needles. If Landgirl is right its a good job you appear to have plenty of room for it!
6 Aug, 2015
Hi, welcome to GoY, when the words deciduous, and needles, I automatically think Larch, { Larix }, but on this occasion I agree with Landgirl, Derek.
6 Aug, 2015
Totally wrong shape for Metasequoia. It could be a Taxodium distichum
7 Aug, 2015
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Looks like a larch - very attractive in spring when the new needles grow.
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