I should add that they are non-flowering, and the trunk and branches grow
almost completely straight/vertically.

"Jim Caldwell" wrote in message
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I am in Texas, and there is a tree here that is not very common, but there
are some around. It is an evergreen, but nothing like a pine, they are
sort
of like a 50-80 ft. tall bush. It doesn't have conventional "leaves". It
has
the finest, most feathery foliage of any tree I have ever seen... it's
like
feathery stalks, and the foliage extends almost down to ground level.
Reminds you of a Peacocks' plume, the way the stalks of foliage grow. The
foliage is always a dark green. You see these trees growing in rows a lot
as
a windbreak. The tree grows very tall, but doesn't have a wide canopy.
They
create very dense shade. I think they like water, as I see them often
growing on the edge of ponds (no, it is not Cypress!) I thought it was
called Cottonwood, but then I found an actual Cottonwood pic on-line and
it
is nothing like a Cottonwood tree. I would like to get some for my back
fence, but I don't know what to ask for. Any idea what it is?