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possibly a Douglas fir - Pseudotsuga menziesii
 

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I have two of these little trees as well, no idea what they are. Both are lime green, both have tiny needles. I dug them up last year and they look happy. I am shocked at how small the needles are, actually. image.jpeg
 

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I might add, that dead branch was already there when I found it in the wild. I never cut it back because I thought it added character.
 

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Thats a easy one, its a western hemlock. One of my favorite conifers, hoping to find one in the wild this year.
 

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Ok cool! My other two are dying, or dead even, from some weird parasite. Do you know any parasite varieties that leave behind a weird cone shaped body part sprinkled below the tree? The dead ones lost their needles in a dry looking fashion, needles piled below the tree. I could try and photograph the weird little parasite leave-behind but it is sooooo small and also grosses me out...
 

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I have two of these little trees as well, no idea what they are. Both are lime green, both have tiny needles. I dug them up last year and they look happy. I am shocked at how small the needles are, actually. View attachment 142181

Appears as low altitude Hemlock. Not mountain variety;)
 

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Do you know any parasite varieties that leave behind a weird cone shaped body part sprinkled below the tree?

That doesn't sound familiar, pictures would help a lot.
 

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Ok I got a picture, man these things are weird.... I hate bugs! Except for butterflies and moths.image.jpeg
 

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Did you forget to upload?
 

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You sure thats a bug? It looks like a plant part of some kind. Are the dying trees ones you collected last year? Could be they just didn't adapt to being dug, all the conifer I collected last year have died.
 

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Good point, not sure if it is a bug but I thought it was. Basically, I found a number of the strange things beneath two of my dying ones and no trace of them around the healthy ones. All of them were collected from the same area at the same time in the wild. They all survived the winter and looked great 2-3 weeks ago. No harsh weather lately but constant rain may have rotted them?
 

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image.jpeg One of the healthy trees next to one of the dying ones. I can't think of anything different that could have happened to the unhappy trees. At first, I thought my two year old must have poured a household cleaner onto the dying one in this picture- it really died THAT quickly. But I smelled the soil and couldn't detect anything awry. The mystery continues.
 

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One thing I have learned the hard way with Hemlocks, they don't waste any time dying on you. What I found out was that you really have to stay up on watering newly collected Hemlocks. If you don't, or too much root system was removed, they will crash almost immediately. Keep it moist and keep it misted. You can try but it is probably too late with that one.
 

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Do you have any large Douglas fir around your house? Those things really look like Doug fir pollen sacks, I can see them amongst all the fallen needles.

DouglasPollen.jpg


I've had zero luck collecting hemlock over the years, they always up and die on me. Just like yours, it happens fast.
 
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