Pondcypress (Taxodium ascendens)

Pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) is closely related to Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). However, pond cypress typically prefers a more isolated, thriftier life style. For example, Bald cypress thrives in communal linear swamps along nutrient rich rivers, but pond cypress is most frequently found in isolated depressions feed by nutrient poor, shallow ground water.

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