Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 017-01-002:
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Taxodiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pond Cypress
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JK Marlow jkm060423_054
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060423_059
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm160416_282
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_297
April Lowndes County GA
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Keith Bradley kab_t_ascendens_09142
April Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Bark divided into flat longitudinal ridges, peeling in long narrow strips, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0505s_34
May Williamsburg County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtascendens_northampto
May
The deciduous side twigs rather threadlike & upturned, w appressed leaves, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtascendens_burnslake
June Collier County FL
Mature seed cones nearly round, 3/4-1" in diameter, opening at maturity, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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conifers (not including Pines)
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtascendens_41bay
Month Unknown
Leaves mostly keeled, spirally appressed, and not in a single plane, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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conifers (not including Pines)
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtascendens_echawswal3
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 017-01-002:
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Taxodiaceae
1487
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), clay-based Carolina bays, wet savannas, pocosins and other wet, peaty habitats, shores of natural blackwater lakes, swamps of blackwater streams, forming "domes" and "stringers" in Florida in very flat, fire landscapes, also as "hatrack" stands of widely spaced and stunted trees on oolite in south Florida, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous conifer
Alternate
"FLOWER":
Spring
FRUIT:
Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p051
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p320
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p350
- Landscaping with Native Trees p240
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p123
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p041
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p191
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p348