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Guess what this is 38 - now solved

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Alisdair

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Guess what this is 38 - now solved
« on: January 03, 2013, 06:29:32 PM »
Here's another, quite a surprise (and hardly mediterranean). Probably misleading clue, this trunk is nearly a metre in circumference.
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2013, 09:41:08 PM »
Metasequoia glyptostroboides?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 09:52:36 PM »
No, Jorun!
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2013, 12:50:20 AM »
Swamp Cypress ?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 05:10:28 AM »
Another almost look-alike - but no!
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 10:23:57 AM »
eucalyptus ?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 10:37:19 AM »
Yew?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2013, 04:55:35 PM »
Looking at the surroundings the pic was taken in a "tropical " environment.  Singapore? However that does not help identify it.
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2013, 10:52:41 PM »
Arbutus ?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2013, 09:12:52 AM »
Not eucalyptus, not yew, not arbutus, and not Singapore. Actually growing in and native to temperate areas.
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2013, 09:27:43 AM »
Podocarpus totara
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« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2013, 10:37:11 AM »
Melaleuca?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2013, 12:22:43 PM »
Acer?
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2013, 02:29:45 PM »
Dacrydium cupressinum
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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2013, 12:09:32 AM »
Fuchsia excorticata ?
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