ID this tree help

[MartyB]

Hello,

Someone gave me a gift that they believed was a Larch but looking at it I am thinking its more likely a cedrus (and hard to overwinter for me ........)

Anyone care to share their thoughts?

 

[Rid]

Pine

 

[queenofsheba52]

Probably not a Larch, but how nice that someone gifted you with a tree!

Enjoy your journey with this tree.

 

[Silentrunning]

Looks healthy and looks to have a great trunk. Make a winner out of it.

 

[petegreg]

hmmm, not a pine definitely. And I think... too long shoots for cedrus.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Single needles, old growth stays on the tree..
Not a larch, not a pine. That would make it a spruce?

 

[petegreg]

Single needles, old growth stays on the tree..

This time of year the growth can be also new and newer.

 

[MartyB]

thanks for the replies folks. watching it grow to try and figure out what it is. I need to know before the fall how to overwinter it as -30C will be hard on it if its a cedrus....

 

[M. Frary]

It's a larch.

 

[August44]

I agree with the larch

 

[MartyB]

well thats encouraging. I guess I will find out in the fall when / if the needles change color. I am still slightly weary of assuming its a Larch as it has a bit of a resin-ish smell to the branches, that my Tamarack doesn't have...but I suppose its possibly a different variety or genetics. In any case, thanks all for the opinions as always

 

[August44]

To me, the green shoots that are going UP/vertical (verses horizonal) off of the branches says larch. How big is it anyway?

 

[Vance Wood]

Definitely Larch, but there are several species of Larch. If it is collected it is probably Laricina, Eastern Larch.

 

[MartyB]

its less than 10 inches high. but its had a trunk chop and some work done for the movement. This is material that was gifted to me by someone well meaning so I am getting second hand info. in any case its enjoying the sun and not showing any sign of difficulties for now, I will take a full size pic shortly

 

[MartyB]

Here are some new pics. Its pushing out some fresh buds and it does appear to be some kind of larch but very dissimilar to my Tamarack. Needles are much longer and also tree has more of a resin-y feel to it.

In any case the branching seems to be a bit of a mess, any tips on how (and also importantly, when.....) to clean it up?

 

[Jzack605]

Pretty sure it is not a Larch. I think it is Abies concolor Concolor Fir.

 

[MartyB]

Well whatever it is it is enjoying our current heatwave. Any tips on what needs to be done to keep growth correct and maybe hpw to clean this up next spring??? Very apex dominant

 

[pbrown00]

That really looks like a larch to me; everything from the trunk/bark pattern to the needles screams it.