Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taxodium ascendens
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Taxodium ascendens
COMMON NAME:
Pond Cypress
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Alan S. Weakley asw_931322731397769
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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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 (Lance, 2004).
COMPARE
leaves of Taxodium species
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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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
COMPARE
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxodium ascendens
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taxodium ascendens
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Taxodium ascendens
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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous conifer
Alternate
"FLOWER":
Spring
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p051
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p320
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p393
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p437
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p350
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p240
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p123
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p041
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p191
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p348
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