North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Taxodium ascendens

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Taxodium ascendens

Pond Cypress

Native/Alien:	Native
Type:	Deciduous Tree
Size:	100 ft
Bloom Time:	March - April
Bloom Area:	Coast
Tree with cones Pond Cypress differs from Bald Cypress in having ascending twigs and leaves appressed to the twig or curving upward. Jack Spruill, June 2009, Little Alligator River, Tyrrell County
Seed cones Jack Spruill, June 2009, Little Alligator River, Tyrrell Co
Male and female cones The female cones are large (2 cm), green and spherical; male cones are small (2 mm), brown and in slender, drooping panicles. Jack Spruill, June 2009, Tyrrell Co.
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record