Name of this tree please

[vkk]

Hi, can you please tell me the name of this tree? It's in Bay area, CA and there's a lot of foliage shedding during early fall.

 

[Tetters]

Welcome to the forum @vkk . I think that is a Japanese Larch tree - (Larex kaempferi)

 

[Silentrunning]

Possible Larch or Deodar Cedar, Cedrus deodars. But a Cedar shouldn’t be loosing a lot of needles.

 

[vkk]

Thank you Tetters and Silentrunning. It may be cedar because the leaves are evergreen. Looks like Larch changes color in the fall.

 

[Tetters]

The Japanese Cedar, more commonly called Cryptomeria actually belongs to the bald Cypress family.
These trees need to shed some of their older needles in early autumn to make way for new growth in the springtime.

 

[Sheal]

Welcome vkk. I agree with Tetters that it's probably a Larch. They are deciduous trees.

 

[cpp gardener]

Silentrunning is right, it is probably an Atlas Cedar based on shape and cones. They sometimes lose a number of needles in the late fall but without turning colors like a Larch which is very uncommon in the SF Bay area.

 

[Marck]

This is a Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) one of the true Cedars in the Pine Family (Pinaceae). Depending on the author, there are two, three, or four species of Cedrus, all of which are quite similar with overlapping traits. However, the large size of the cones in the second picture suggest that Cedrus deodara is the most likely species.