Western red cedar

a beautiful tree!

It is, thank you, GAbi!

That's a lovely tree...........and quite a few years old by the look of it. Very nicely captured Diane!

They can get to be monsters, well known for enormous, convoluted trunks. Thank you, Keith!

My neighbour planted some as fence and their roots are drying up my garden !

CO2 capture ;-)

Oh no! These should not be close to houses! ;-o

Yes! Great to see you again, Peter!

I love the details and textures in the bark. All the best, Joe

Thank you, Joe!

Trés bel arbre. Il ressemble au métasequoia. J'en ai un dans mon jardin (métasequoia) que j'ai planté il y a trente ans. Mon voisin en a planté un il y a 25 ans, il est énorme. Il a apprécié un petit ruisseau qui coule à proximité. Je ne pensais pas que des arbres pouvaient pousser aussi vite. Ils contribuent à donner une dimension au temps qui passe. Amitié. Jean Paul

Metasequoias do grow fast and so do redwoods when young. This one has a coarser look than the sequoia or redwood.

But it's not the same as the Sequoia gigantea which I have seen in the Sequoia N.P., isn't it?

No, but hey are related. Metasequoias ("Dawn redwoods") are deciduous. From Wiki: "The three redwood subfamily genera are Sequoia and Sequoiadendron of California and Oregon, United States; and Metasequoia in China." So, they can all be called by the generic name "redwood," but the Giant redwoods of California are most commonly called that.

Ah, thanks a lot for the information!
When my brother was in the USA maybe 20 years ago he brought home some seeds from a redwood tree and planted them. Meanwhile they are surely already 2 m high. :-)

Still babies.

We had some in our yard outside Seattle! They also occur in the Sierra Nevada, in the wetter places.