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Taxodium ascendens Brongniart. Pond-cypress. Phen: Mar-Apr; Oct. Hab: Limesink ponds (dolines), clay-based Carolina bays, wet savannas, pocosins and other wet, peaty habitats, shores of natural blackwater lakes, swamps of blackwater streams, forming "domes" and "stringers" in Florida in very flat, fire landscapes, also as "hatrack" stands of widely spaced and stunted trees on oolite in south Florida. Dist: Se. VA south to s. FL, west to e. LA.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Taxodium ascendens is surely one of the most scenic trees of eastern North America.

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Fl1, G, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, S13, SFla, Va, WH3, Godfrey (1988); = n/a – Tat; = Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. imbricarium (Nutt.) Croom – C, FNA2, Adams et al (2012), Lickey & Walker (2002); = Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. nutans (Aiton) Sweet; = Taxodium imbricarium Nutt.; < Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. – F

Links to other floras: = Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, Male Cones, Dwarf Cypress Forest, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, The Tree, Wet Savanna, Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, Dwarf Cypress Forest, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, Forest, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, National Audubon Society, Collier County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, Forest, Big Cypress National Preserve, Collier County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, seedling, W1 Pond, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Taxodium ascendens, Dwarf Cypress Forest, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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