Pond Cypress (Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium)

This Pond Baldcypress was once considered a separate species, but recently is now considered a natural variety of the Common Baldcypress. It is not as common as the Common Baldcypress and its native range is similar but smaller from coastal Virginia into Florida to Louisiana. It is called the Pond Cypress because it usually grows at the periphery of ponds and lakes rather than deeper into standing water. It is general smaller and narrower than the Common variety. Its awl-like appressed deciduous leaves are spirally arranged on the twigs. Its root knees are more rounded. It is offered by a few larger, diverse conventional nurseries, native plant nursery, and specialty nurseries. I have a friend who has planted several in his front yard in southeast Pennsylvania that are doing well and look quite lovely..

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