Taxodium ascendens, also known as pond cypress, is a deciduous conifer of the genus Taxodium, native to North America. Many botanists treat it as a variety of bald cypress, Taxodium distichum (as T. distichum var. imbricarium) rather than as a distinct species, but it differs in ecology, occurring mainly in still blackwater rivers, ponds and swamps without silt-rich flood deposits. It predominates in cypress dome habitats.
Form | tree |
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Fruit type | Cone |
Fruit color | Brown |
Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous |
Leaf shape | Needles |
Length of needles | 3/8 inch |
Bark color | Brown, Gray, Red |
Bark texture | Fibrous, Shreddy |