Just moved into a new house and I have been scouring the internet to identify this tree but to no avail! We haven't had enough time in the house to see it flower so the pictures are the best description. We are in Houston, Tx. I think it may be some sort of Mimosa but not sure!
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Could be Dawn Redwoood or Taxodium distichum (Baldcypress). The leaves on Dawn Redwood are opposite one another, while those on Baldcypress spiral around the branch. Hard to tell in the picture. Check the branch- if the leaves are all flat along the branch and opposite one another the Dawn Redwood it is. If they spiral around the branch, then Baldcypress.
Bald cypress is VERY common in TX, but dawn redwood is not as far as I know. I haven't ever seen a dawn redwood, but I used to have a bald cypress and that looks just like it. Fair warning, they will throw up "knees" in the lawn starting around 12-15 years old. These knees are rough on lawn mowers and will pop up as much as 20' away from the tree. Ours was planted way too close to our garage by a previous owner (about 5' from the corner of the house 
), so we had no choice but to remove it when it started throwing up the knees. We were obviously afraid of roots damaging the house.
I think I've read somewhere that dawn redwood may be borderline for our heat even though they say hardy to zone 8 (USDA cold hardiness zone) in most references. I couldn't find any heat zone references for it.
), so we had no choice but to remove it when it started throwing up the knees. We were obviously afraid of roots damaging the house.I think I've read somewhere that dawn redwood may be borderline for our heat even though they say hardy to zone 8 (USDA cold hardiness zone) in most references. I couldn't find any heat zone references for it.