wood id

[wesessiah]

i've tried looking and cross referencing, but all of the species look the same to me. also, sorry for the google streetview picture, if a better one is needed, i'll do it in the morning.
edit: meant tree id... and for these cedars (what i believe to be) up front.

 

[Knots]

It looks like either cedar or some type of ornamental spruce? I dunno...

What's the bark look like?

 

[ansehnlich1]

my guess is thuja occidentalis, white cedar.

 

[wesessiah]

It looks like either cedar or some type of ornamental spruce? I dunno...

What's the bark look like?

my guess is thuja occidentalis, white cedar.

i believe it's a type of cedar, i'm just a worry wort and trying to find out which species of cedar, or if they are in fact cedar.... they all look the same to me when i google. the smaller ones to the left are shaped like fraser fir, but they are the same type as the taller ones, and have the cedar look. the bark is smooth, a little hairy looking, grayish brown. the twigs aren't as flat... i don't know how else to put it... as the cedars i see pictures of, but they are longer and the needles are branched.

 

[ansehnlich1]

i believe it's a type of cedar, i'm just a worry wort and trying to find out which species of cedar, or if they are in fact cedar.... they all look the same to me when i google. the smaller ones to the left are shaped like fraser fir, but they are the same type as the taller ones, and have the cedar look. the bark is smooth, a little hairy looking, grayish brown. the twigs aren't as flat... i don't know how else to put it... as the cedars i see pictures of, but they are longer and the needles are branched.

They could be thuja plicata, the Green Giant arborvitae, or they could be Leyland Cypress, in fact, it's a good chance they are one of these, too hard to tell without accurate needle observation etc.

 

[basod]

Looks like Leyland Cypress.
Fast growing screen/windblock specimen

 

[StihlHead]

They could be Leyland cypress. Leyland cypress can be hard to ID by leaf and bark, even with a good tree guide. They could also be eastern red (or white) cedar (Thuja occ.) as you live very near the native range for that species. Thuja plicata, or western red cedar tends to have more open branches than that. The tree farm next to me grows a lot of them.

BTW: Most so called cedars in the US are not really cedars. They are typically in the genus cypress or thuja, which are both in the cypress family. There are a lot of crosses and sub type species in the cypress family. Leyland is a cross between Monterey cypress and Alaskan cedar (really a cypress).

 

[bogydave]

Cut & split a few & we'll be able to make a better ID

 

[Mr A]

Christmas trees

 

[scroungerjeff]

They could be Leyland cypress. Leyland cypress can be hard to ID by leaf and bark, even with a good tree guide. They could also be eastern red (or white) cedar (Thuja occ.) as you live very near the native range for that species. Thuja plicata, or western red cedar tends to have more open branches than that. The tree farm next to me grows a lot of them.

BTW: Most so called cedars in the US are not really cedars. They are typically in the genus cypress or thuja, which are both in the cypress family. There are a lot of crosses and sub type species in the cypress family. Leyland is a cross between Monterey cypress and Alaskan cedar (really a cypress).

Also in the East, the eastern red cedar is in the genus Juniperis and the Atlantic white cedar is of the genus Chamecyparis. I believe all true cedars are old world genera.