Conifer?

[its_kano]

Hey all, sorry to be a pain but can someone ID this for me. I searched Google and got close to either Southern white cypress or a type of conifer.
Would like an ID as I will be working on one soon. Greatly appreciated!
Kano.

[shibui]

You have not given us much to go on. It could be a number of different conifers. For better ID try to give as many clues as possible - bark is often a good indicator. Growth habit is useful (upright, low spreading, twisted,etc). Pic of trunk often helps for both bark and habit and overall view gives valuable clues to the habit and overall growth.

I think most of the junipers, cypress and chamaecyparis will be treated very similar.

[RogerW]

If ther is a cone, post a picture it may help

[SmokeyKilla]

it looks like it could be a Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd', but hard to tell with the limited pics

[its_kano]

Sorry guys, my bad. I didn't realize there was so many different types of conifers and thought the way you guys are so well educated on trees you'd pick it. Ignorant on my behalf.
The tree was laying on its side and appears to be a low line growing tree. It had no cones/nuts on it. I would not have bothered digging this tree however when I wiggled it, the root system was not super deep and only 2 or 3 lateral roots, rest were a healthy root ball of feeders. Here is a pic after I got it into a box.
Don't judge me on my judgement in bonsai potential I'm still relatively new however at the very least I have so much room on my property the tree will go into the ground if I decide against bonsai.
Cheers!

[shibui]

Thanks for the updated photo. Unfortunately I still can't pin down a better ID than probably juniper of some sort.
I hope it survives the transplant. Junipers, and many other conifers, are very slow to recover from transplant. They tend to do better when you leave more foliage to help feed new roots.
Keep us updated on how this one goes.

Even with so little foliage a juniper with trunk this size has good potential for bonsai but will need some imagination and technique to match the small new shoots with the older thick trunk. Probably a fair bit of carving I think.