Into the conifers
Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese Cedar · New York Botanical Garden · 6 April 2021
Two trunks going up together, shot from directly underneath.
The fibrous red-brown bark peeling in vertical strips, and the short awl-shaped leaves held in spirals, point to Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria - the national tree of Japan and the timber of its temples. I am going on bark and silhouette from below, and would want a closer look at the foliage to be sure.
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