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Taxodium ascendens, also known as pond cypress, [2] 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. imbricatum) rather than as a distinct species, but it differs in habitat, occurring mainly in still blackwater rivers, ponds and swamps without silt-rich flood deposits.
They are dominated by the Taxodium spp., either the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), or pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens). The name comes from the dome-like shape of treetops, formed by smaller trees growing on the edge where the water is shallow while taller trees grow at the center in deeper water.
This gives these swamps a dome-like appearance and also their name. The stagnant water in the depressions is highly acidic. [1] Pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) is the most common tree in cypress domes. It is joined by the subtropical shrubs pond-apple (Annona glabra), cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco), and swamp bay (Persea palustris).
Taxodium / t æ k ˈ s oʊ d i ə m / [1] is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The name is derived from the Latin word taxus , meaning " yew ", and the Greek word εἶδος ( eidos ), meaning "similar to."
Taxodium: Taxodium ascendens, commonly known as pond cypress [5] and native to North America. Taxodium distichum, commonly known as bald cypress and native to the southeastern United States. [6] Taxodium mucronatum, commonly known as Montezuma cypress or Montezuma bald cypress. [7] It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and southern-central United ...
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, north of Naples, Florida and east of Bonita Springs, in the United States.The sanctuary was established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (T. ascendens) in North America from extensive logging that was ongoing throughout the 1940s ...
Cupressaceae (cypress family) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 68 Taxodium: bald or swamp cypresses; Taxodium ascendens: pondcypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Yes IUCN (LC) 222 Taxodium distichum: baldcypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 221 Taxodium mucronatum: Montezuma cypress Cupressaceae (cypress ...
Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium: bald or swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum var. nutans) pond cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium distichum: bald cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium mucronatum: Montezuma cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Thuja: arborvitae; Thuja occidentalis: eastern arborvitae Cupressaceae ...