Taxodium ascendens ~ Pond Cypress

Taxodium ascendens

Pond Cypress

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Pond Cypress is a native conifer tree with a cylindrical crown when young and a flattened irregular crown when older with horizontal to upright branching.  and its fissured bark on mature trees exposing attractive orange inner bark. The deciduous awl-shaped light green foliage are spirally arranged and turns orange-brown or gold in fall.  Pond Cypress has more rounded root knees and grows at water margins instead of in the water.  Grows best in full sun and moist to wet acidic soil. 

Also sold as Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium.

Type: 

Tree, Conifer

Origins:

Southeast N. America; GA Native

Height: 

30' - 70'

Spread: 

15’ - 20'

Spacing: 

18'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

5 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Fall, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. 
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Shade Tree, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden,  Pond and StreamsWater Garden, and Privacy Screen.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Maple, Juniper, Magnolia

 IMAGES: CrusierTaxodium ascendens PANCC BY 3.0(2) Beyond My KenCorkscrew - pond cypressCC BY-SA 4.0(3) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxodium ascendens 2zzCC BY-SA 4.0

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