pondcypress

Taxodium ascendens

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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.

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Form tree
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