Re: deciduous conifer

These sound like tameracks to me.


Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
dal@shaysnet.com


On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, M R W wrote:

> We have two lovely trees in our yard, conifers with the unusual habit of
> dropping all their needles every fall. Over the years I've heard them
> referred to as firs, cypresses, larches, cedars, but no one really seems
> to know what they are.
> 
> They are large trees, with all the needles off they form a perfect
> pyramid shape with the bare branches. The needles are soft, less than an
> inch long, medium green, and the look of the tree is slightly "weeping"
> when the needles are there. At one point when I was trying to identify
> them I noted that the needles weren't in clusters but carried singly up
> and down the branches.  "Cones" are perfectly round balls, green with a
> piney scent, about 2" across. "Bloom" (not showy flowers, obviously)
> comes very early in spring before the needles emerge. Bark is grayish and
> scales off some, with reddish wood underneath. All the needles turn rust
> color in fall before they drop.
> 
> Any ideas on identification would be appreciated, as the third one of
> these sheared off in a freak windstorm and I wouldn't mind getting
> another.  Thanks!
> 		
> 			Mary
> 			SW MO, zone 6
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