pond cypress - Taxodium ascendens

USDA Plant Code: TAAS
Light Requirement: full sun
Soil Moisture: wet - dry
Height: 50-80 feet
Leaves: deciduous
Protected Plant: no
Commonly Available at Nurseries : yes
Growth Habits: tree,
Hardiness Zone: both
Salt Tolerance : no
Drought Tolerance: yes
Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: yes
Riparian Buffers: yes
All Pollinators: no
Native Bees and other Pollinators: no
Butterflies and Moths: no
Hummingbird: no
Rain Garden: yes
Bloom Color: brown
Bloom Period: winter
Fragrant: no
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Foliage; Burke County, GA
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Foliage; Leaves.
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Foliage;
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Feature(s); Knees. Burke County, Georgia.
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Feature(s); Buttress trunk. Burke County, GA
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Feature(s); Buttress trunk. Burke County, GA
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Plant(s);
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Tree(s);
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Tree(s);
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Tree(s);
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Tree(s);
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Tree(s);
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Bark;
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Coastal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Coastal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
David Stephens, , Bugwood.org
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Costal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
David Stephens, , Bugwood.org
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Coastal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
David Stephens, , Bugwood.org
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Coastal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
David Stephens, , Bugwood.org
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Costal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
David Stephens, , Bugwood.org
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Tree(s); Pond Cypress is naturally a wetland species of the Southeastern & Gulf Coastal Plains. However, it grows well in in upland urban environments as an ornamental tree.
David Stephens, , Bugwood.org
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Bark;
Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org
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Bark; Bark.
Shaun Winterton, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Bugwood.org
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Cones; Immature cone.
Shaun Winterton, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Bugwood.org
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Tree(s); Boardwalk through a Pond Cypress swamp
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Tree(s); A board walk through a Pond Cypress swamp
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Stand;
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