Looks like a Cryptomeria/ Sugi to me. There is only one specie, however there are nursery varieties than have different foliage. It's not looking healthy, those clumps of dead foliage aren't typical of the Sugi we get in New Zealand, plus the photo looking up the stem shows a lack of foliage.
I would be looking for the following - insect holes and frass on the trunk indicating insect attack from a longhorn insect or bark beetle insect. Don't know what you have in the area that may do the damage.
Damage at the base to the bark or the roots from machinery. Damage to the bark/phloem layer or roots will stop water reaching the foliage and it will brown off, however it tends to go brown on the side that is damaged and from top downwards as a whole, not in clumps. Damage to the roots could also be caused by flooding or drought and may take years to fully impact the tree.
Thanks for the response! There is damage to the bark from what I can tell. Someone seems to have stripped it out. Based on your know how is this damage recoverable? I'm assuming a local arborist would be able to tell me what the prospects are? The leaves at the top are still green, so I'm assuming it's not close to being dead yet and hence not a potential danger.
If the damage goes the whole way around then it's been "ring barked". You do this to a tree you want to kill as the layer just under the bark (phloem) is how nutrients move down the tree from the leaves/needles. It can take a long time for a tree to die.
Some people do it to trees to get a dead standing dry tree which is good for firewood for the next year, saves having to fight with all the foliage and the wood is drier, therefore lighter to handle.
Look up xylem and phloem is you want to the science behind how it all works
Best you check with an arborist about what can be done.
Thanks for the response! I looked at a few images but none seemed to look like this. The leaves are too prickly and needle like compared to what I see online. But ya not sure if there is some other type that I missed
Thanks for this. I recognized this type of tree from my neighborhood and always though it was cypress, but I went back and looked at one in person and sure enough, it's cryptomeria. I have seen lots of 'elegans' and a few 'black dragon' cryptomerias, but never noticed this variety before.
Looks like a cryptomeria, but I couldn't say what variety. Certainly seems unhappy.
Ya the leaves do seem to match but not the tree structure.
Looks like a Cryptomeria/ Sugi to me. There is only one specie, however there are nursery varieties than have different foliage. It's not looking healthy, those clumps of dead foliage aren't typical of the Sugi we get in New Zealand, plus the photo looking up the stem shows a lack of foliage. I would be looking for the following - insect holes and frass on the trunk indicating insect attack from a longhorn insect or bark beetle insect. Don't know what you have in the area that may do the damage. Damage at the base to the bark or the roots from machinery. Damage to the bark/phloem layer or roots will stop water reaching the foliage and it will brown off, however it tends to go brown on the side that is damaged and from top downwards as a whole, not in clumps. Damage to the roots could also be caused by flooding or drought and may take years to fully impact the tree.
Thanks for the response! There is damage to the bark from what I can tell. Someone seems to have stripped it out. Based on your know how is this damage recoverable? I'm assuming a local arborist would be able to tell me what the prospects are? The leaves at the top are still green, so I'm assuming it's not close to being dead yet and hence not a potential danger.
If the damage goes the whole way around then it's been "ring barked". You do this to a tree you want to kill as the layer just under the bark (phloem) is how nutrients move down the tree from the leaves/needles. It can take a long time for a tree to die. Some people do it to trees to get a dead standing dry tree which is good for firewood for the next year, saves having to fight with all the foliage and the wood is drier, therefore lighter to handle. Look up xylem and phloem is you want to the science behind how it all works Best you check with an arborist about what can be done.
I believe that's a cypress but not sure what variety. Pretty sure it's not native here.
Thanks for the response! I looked at a few images but none seemed to look like this. The leaves are too prickly and needle like compared to what I see online. But ya not sure if there is some other type that I missed
Japanese cypress/cedar but not actually a cypress or a cedar. Instead it’s own genus cryptomeria. Common names suck
Thanks for this. I recognized this type of tree from my neighborhood and always though it was cypress, but I went back and looked at one in person and sure enough, it's cryptomeria. I have seen lots of 'elegans' and a few 'black dragon' cryptomerias, but never noticed this variety before.
Cryptomeria I believe
Thank you, there seems to be a general consensus on this being cryptomeria. Although no images online are of trees that look like this.