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Taxodium ascendens 'Prairie Sentinel'

 
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Taxodium ascendens 'Prairie Sentinel' - Prairie Sentinel pond-cypress
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Prairie Sentinel pond-cypress
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution: Species native to s.-c. and s.e. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Plant Patent Info.: PP3,548; 14 May, 1974
Comments: This deciduous conifer is similar in appearance to bald-cypress (Taxodium distichum), except the bark is light brown and deeply furrowed. It is a vigorous, narrowly columnar tree with spreading branches. Mature height can be 70' tall with a spread of only 15. Does not develop knees such as the ones found on common bald-cypress. Use as a specimen in open areas.
Links: American Conifer Society Database • US Patent and Trademark Office- Patent No. Search

Locations

  • 1: DWH: AN11 (AN11) • Accession: D1973-0084.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DWH: AN11 (AN11) • Accession: D1996-0076.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: DWH: AN12 (AN12) • Accession: D1973-0084.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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