Thoughts on this yamadori Juniper?

[JoeWilson]

Tomorrow when it's light out I'll take some ERJ photos (Not going to let up on my campaign to call these things junipers, LOL). Some of my younger trees even have the slight bluish tinge seen in these photos. In my opinion that tree doesn't look anything like a Chinese juniper... but there are lots and lots of Chinese juniper cultivars out there and that tree may look like one of them that I am not familiar with. All I can say for certain is that it doesn't look anything like a young shimpaku Chinese juniper...

You're fighting the good fight here, my guy. Hopefully, ERJ catches on.

 

[rockm]

To just about everyone here with their moral posturing, it’s not that deep. There would be literally zero impact on… anything… taking this tree.

As for the likelihood of survival, it seems that the strong consensus from the community is that this tree wouldn’t survive, so I’ll take that warning and leave the tree be.

I’d like to hear why everyone is convinced it’s an ERC? To my eye and various tree ID apps on my phone, it seems to match to Chinese Juniper. I’ve looked at lots of ERCs and they look distinct to this one. Anyway, not saying I’m sure of anything, just want to know what tips people off to ERC vs Juniper.

Wow what a lot of fuss over a really shitty piece of uncollectible material that has no future.

ANy experienced collector would walk by that and say "there isn't enough Ibruprofen to get me to try to get THAT" Not worth the sweat and certainly not worth the posturing about "saving it" from certain death in its current rooted location. (Which I may say, is a freaking HILARIOUS statement.) The sideways grip it has on that rock suggests to me it's been there quite a while.