Taxodium ascendens
- BOTANICAL NAME: Taxodium ascendens
- PRONUNCIATION: tax-OH-dium a-CEN-dens
- COMMON NAME: Pond Cypress
- FAMILY: Taxodiaceae
- NATIVITY: Found throughout the Southern United States
- GROWTH HABIT: 70 - 80'.
- HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 9.
- CULTURE: Grows well in sandy woods and found on the southern coastal plain.
SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Climax
FACULTATIVE STATUS: None defined
LANDSCAPE VALUE: Grows well in wet areas and often found in parks near lakes and ponds - LANDSCAPE USE: - fall color Grows well in wet areas and often found in parks and near lakes and ponds
- FOLIAGE: Much like T. distichum, identifiable because needles point upward; gold fall color; deciduous conifer
- BUDS: --
- BARK: Light brown and furrowed, if in water it will develop “knees”
- FRUIT: Cones that are globular and obovoid
- PESTS: Mites and galls
- CULTIVARS:
University of Delaware Botanic Gardens • Newark, DE 19716 • Phone: 302 831-0153 •