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Weerobin Saint Louis, MO(Zone 6a) Aug 15, 2014

I don't recognize this conifer. Located in Western Ukraine (Lviv) in a botanical garden.
Pendulous foliage. I couldn't find any cones. Didn't have a good camera with me.

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Pistil Lake Stevens, WA(Zone 8a) Aug 15, 2014

Wow Weerobin, you go to a war zone and still take plant pictures!

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Weerobin Saint Louis, MO(Zone 6a) Aug 15, 2014

Sadly, came back to a war zone, too...

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2014

Metasequoia.

Resin

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Weerobin Saint Louis, MO(Zone 6a) Aug 15, 2014

Thanks, Resin. I thought the more proximal foliage looked like metasequoia also, but I haven't seen the fine-textured pendant foliage at the ends of the branches before. I have a 30ft metasequoia in my yard and I've never seen that feature before. Mine is roughly the same height as this specimen. Mine has a slightly pendent aspect to the ends of the branches, but none of the sharply drooping fine textured foliage. Is it just variance within the species or is it a boy/girl thing?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2014

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I haven't seen the fine-textured pendant foliage at the ends of the branches before. .... Is it just variance within the species or is it a boy/girl thing?


It's a 'boy' thing - those are the developing pollen cones. They only develop on older specimens.

The seed cones develop in the upper crown (less easy to see, until after autumn leaf fall), and often also on younger trees.

Resin

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2014

Here's a close-up of the immature pollen cones

Resin

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2014

Oh, and by the way . . . ;-)

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Wow Weerobin, you go to a war zone and still take plant pictures!


Lviv is well outside the war zone (which is in eastern Ukraine)

Resin

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Weerobin Saint Louis, MO(Zone 6a) Aug 16, 2014

The turmoil had virtually no impact on our trip. It's a great city.

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Mipii (Robin) Blissfield, MI(Zone 6a) Aug 16, 2014

Boy, that's a cool tree, thanks for the learnin'!

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