Pine tree that sheds its needles in winter?

[brassmonkey]

I have a pine tree in my garden,  it's not a fir,  more in the style of a scots pine,  with horizontal,  widely spaced branches all the way to the ground, and small needles.  It shed all its needles every winter and regrows them in spring.  Does anyone know what type of tree it is?  I've never seen another one like it!

[Cetti]

Could it be a Larch, brassmonkey?

This is one of the very few conifers which sheds its needles in the winter.

[liquoricemad]

Yes, I'll go along with Cetti on that one. Lovely trees, I've got one as a bonsai, too.

[brassmonkey]

I don't think it is a Larch,  I looked at a pic of the needles on a Larch and they are in bunches - the needles on my tree come individually straight off the twigs and are not bunched up.  The shape of the tree is similar to a Larch though.

[liquoricemad]

Could be a Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia Glyptostroboides). Or another type of redwood (Metasequoia) or Swamp Cypress (Sequoia). A quick Google should show some pics.

[liquoricemad]

Also, Swamp cypress is known as Taxodium Distichum. (Just looked on Google, common names are the same for different species)