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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: JayB on January 19, 2017, 07:55:57 PM

Title: Tree ID'd as Tetraclinis articulata by John J and Mike Hardman
Post by: JayB on January 19, 2017, 07:55:57 PM

Hi all, we have a lot of these that are growing wild but I'm not entirely sure what they are.
My first guess would be a Juniper or Cypress but I don't know much about either aside from those manicured hedges and I don't think this is one of them.

I don't think it is Cupressus sempervirens and I'm not entirely convinced it is a Juniperus thurifera but I think this is close and may even be but I just can't say.

Any ideas?

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/694/32287472561_b8dc70d6ce_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rc8JHp)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/380/32257497272_67285c3102_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/R9u775)

Title: Re: Tree ID Spain
Post by: JayB on January 20, 2017, 12:56:01 PM

I have had it suggested that it is a Cypress but I think I would rule out C. sempervirens as the berries/cones don't seem to match.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/376/32419868615_022695cbaa_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RoQirZ)

Title: Re: Tree ID Spain
Post by: John J on January 20, 2017, 01:34:26 PM

JayB, could your tree be a Tetraclinis articulata? I believe they are native to your part of the world.

Title: Re: Tree ID Spain
Post by: JayB on January 20, 2017, 01:37:49 PM

Yes I think you may be right, I had come to the same conclusion but literature says they have become rare in Spain and are not really found in my region.
Still plenty of them here though.

Title: Re: Tree ID Spain
Post by: MikeHardman on January 26, 2017, 05:03:07 PM

I, too, think it is Tetraclinis articulata.
Here in Cyprus, it is a common hedging plant that sometimes escapes the hedge clippers, thence developing into a tree and bearing fruit.

Mike