Need help identifying this tree in the Plant ID forum

Chrisk1979

Feb 18, 2022 6:48 PM CST

Thread OP

New jersey

Hi. I could use some help identifying this tree. I was told it is pretty rare. The bark is slightly flaky and red in color. The needles are thicker and fairly long. There are smaller cones at the top. Disregard the snow on the branches.

Thanks for your help.

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DaisyI

Feb 18, 2022 7:36 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Its not a Pine tree. Are there any cones closer to the ground you can photograph for us? How long are the needles? Can you post a closer photo of the bark?

I like the snow, very pretty.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

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BigBill

Feb 18, 2022 8:15 PM CST

Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
If you need to relax, grow plants!!

It could be one member of the red pine group, Scotch Pine or Red Pine.

Just one question. Just because you do not know what it is does not make it rare. It just makes it unknown to you.

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DaisyI

Feb 18, 2022 10:07 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

That was a statement, not a question.

I don't think its a Pine - no sheaths.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org

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Leftwood

Feb 19, 2022 5:06 PM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

I think it is a Japanese Umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata), and as Daisy says, not a true pine at all.

Common names can be very misleading.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

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DaisyI

Feb 19, 2022 6:35 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Leftwood said: I think it is a Japanese Umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata)

I think you may be right.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org

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Chrisk1979

Feb 20, 2022 12:25 PM CST

Thread OP

New jersey

I had a chance to get a closer look and im starting to think it is a Japanese umbrella tree. I attached a close up of the bark as well as a cone.

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DaisyI

Feb 20, 2022 3:53 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Yes, the addition of your photos makes it pretty definitive.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org

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