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  1. 20th September 2009, 09:05 PM #1
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    Default Up coming job

    The fella has been told this is white cedar, I've not cut it before, so wouldn't know, but from the pics given, the bark looks a heap like silky oak, although from the pics, the grain doesn't look like silky... what are the thoughts???









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    Cupressus macrocarpa

    80% sure.

    light in picture kinda bad.

    distinctive bark says its     macrocarpa.

    Knots kinda throw me off though
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    If it's white cedar I would have expected the growth rings to be more distinctive and the bark doesnt look like what I know as white cedar....but I'm far from any sort of expert also, not sure that the distiction between heart and sap is like in the pics to be white cedar.... will have closer look at what I have here?
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    Not Silky and not White Cedar, for reasons given above.
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    Sigidi, it looks like a Melia to me, which is also known as white cedar. Quite furry, pretty bland, but easy to cut.
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  7. 21st September 2009, 10:36 AM #6
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    Default more pics

    I got more pics for everyone to ponder over, the tree was taken down about a week ago...



    and a bit of a close up of the leaves, dunno if they are the colour naturally or if the tree was dying, but from the look of the trunk it looks healthy so I figure the leaves had been hit by frost or where naturally dropping off, so if it's not an evergreen, that rules out Cupressus macrocarpa...



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    definetly a cypress by teh leaves.

    definetly not white cedar. no way in hell

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    Default What is it

    Not by chance north american western red cedar?
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    bark says its a cypress.

    foliage says i aint got a f**king clue
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    Well we getting somewhere then I guess I'll just have to tell him no-one knows you have a mysterious cyress hybrid???
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    it kinda appears that tree was dead or dying
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    Doubt that its a Cupressus macrocarpa, its very unusual to see them with a straight single trunk as you've shown.

    Typically they look like this

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    it has had a lot of de-limbing over the years
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    Yer i go with you Krunchie
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    possibly swamp cypress?

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