Would appreciate confirmation: Dawn Redwoods??
Feb 24, 2018 07:15:06 #
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Feb 24, 2018 07:51:54 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Look like Bald Cypress to me. Their leaves are like feathers, turn a beautiful rusty color in the fall, and make a wonderfully scented landscape mulch that stays put in heavy winter rains.
Stan
Stan
Feb 24, 2018 08:15:58 #
StanMac wrote:
Look like Bald Cypress to me. Their leaves are like feathers, turn a beautiful rusty color in the fall, and make a wonderfully scented landscape mulch that stays put in heavy winter rains.
Stan
Stan
They are amazing trees but are found only in the southeastern US. I have never seen a bald cypress in NY and I lived there for the first 60 years of my life.
Feb 24, 2018 09:52:08 #
Feb 24, 2018 10:12:52 #
nimbushopper wrote:
I'm from L.I. and we had a lot of red cedar and it looks like that!
Thanks for the input. However, these guys drop their needles and I think the cedars are evergreen.
Feb 24, 2018 12:34:17 #
The easiest way to tell the 2 species apart is by looking at the needles. Dawns False Redwood has opposite needle and Bald Cypress are alternate, been in the tree care industry for 40+ years and these two still occasional get me.
Feb 24, 2018 14:36:30 #
Buildrt wrote:
Could they be Tamarack?
Thanks for your suggestion. I've seen Tamarack, but after going to the posted links, believe they are dawn redwoods. Like the tamarack they drop their needles, but the general shape seems to be redwood. Also, I checked a pic of the needles in summer and they're opposite. Not alternate like a bald cypress.
Feb 24, 2018 14:37:30 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
They are very good looking trees. Nice captures.
I really like them a lot. Makes driving through Eisenhower a treat. Thanks for the comment.
Feb 24, 2018 14:38:45 #
surfdog wrote:
The easiest way to tell the 2 species apart is by looking at the needles. Dawns False Redwood has opposite needle and Bald Cypress are alternate, been in the tree care industry for 40+ years and these two still occasional get me.
Thanks for your input. Yep, I checked. They're opposites. :)
Feb 26, 2018 00:06:52 #
etcraig
Loc: Chandler, Az
There are Dawn Redwoods in the botanical gardens in the Claremont area in so. Cal. I believe they were planted in the late "50s" There are other in the state as well. Interesting history
Feb 26, 2018 09:14:02 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
nimbushopper wrote:
They are amazing trees but are found only in the southeastern US. . . .
From https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ItemID=787, “Bald Cypress trees are native from Maryland along the eastern coast to Texas and as far west as the Mississippi valley” and “The Bald Cypress can be expected to grow in Hardiness Zones 4–10.” That covers pretty much from the Canadian border to all three coasts, although I would expect that the right soil and moisture levels are a big factor in their viability in any hardiness zone.
Stan
Feb 26, 2018 10:56:41 #
Nice shot. I remember when it was called "SALISBURY Park". Back in the day when I was growing up in Bellmore we used to take our bikes up Merrick Ave- cross Hempstead Turnpike and enter the park from the south entrance. So many, many photo ops in that park. The lake where we sailed model boats- The locomotive on display. Thanks for the memories 
Feb 26, 2018 15:42:56 #
FrankR
Loc: NYC
There’s a tree that looks exactly like those, growing in a community garden on Houston Street between 2nd Avenue & The Bowery in lower Manhattan. I’ve no idea what kind it is, but admire its strength, growing in such a harsh environment. Now I know it’s one or the other, thanks.
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