Conifer ID ?

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  1. Kristen

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    remind me of a redwood ???
     
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    I know its only "skinny", but not sure the trunk looks right?

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    Hmmm ... Google not showing many "young Sequoia" but some of those do have "open" structure, so that may well be it :)
     
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    Don`t think they are sequias , but sure some variety of redwood (green head perhaps)
    seen the same leaves in my local market , sold as bonsai .
    perhaps some sequia in your garden , wouldn`t be a bad idea :) , in New Zealand I`ve seen a 100 years old sequaias forest , planted by a single man and now becomed a national park .

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    It's a deciduous one, more likely the dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      I agree, probably dawn redwood, or less likely swamp cypress.
       
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      Definitely Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
       
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