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Taxodium ascendens

 
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Taxodium ascendens - pond-cypress
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: pond-cypress
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Synonym: Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium
Distribution: s.-c. and s.e. United States
Habitat: Blackwater rivers, lake margins, swamps, Carolina Bay lakes, pocosins, and wet, poorly drained, pine flatwoods; 0--100 m
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: This deciduous conifer, with a slow to medium growth rate, can reach 80' tall and 20' wide. Shape is narrowly conical or columnar with spreading branches and erect branchlets. The unusual looking leaves are bright green in summer, turning orange-brown in fall. Cones are short-stalked. Does not develop knees such as the ones found on common bald-cypress. Use as a specimen in open areas.
Links: USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: ADG: AO18 (AO18) • Accession: D2003-0697.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: CON: CN13 (CN13) • Accession: D1962-0182.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: CON: CN13 (CN13) • Accession: D1986-0557.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: CON: CN13 (CN13) • Accession: D1986-0557.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: VCA: AU11 (AU11) • Accession: D1986-0557.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: VCA: AU11 (AU11) • Accession: D1986-0557.006 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: VCA: AU11 (AU11) • Accession: D1986-0557.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 8: VCA: AW11 (AW11) • Accession: D1986-0557.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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