Taxodium ascendens
Pond cypress
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Taxodium ascendens, also known as pond cypress, is a deciduous conifer native to North America. It is often treated as a variety of bald cypress, differing in habitat preference for still blackwater rivers, ponds, swamps, and cypress dome habitats without silt-rich flood deposits. It offers low water needs and attracts birds and mammals.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1220.02%—3.0 in
- 1040.05%3.8 yr2.0 in
- 90.08%5.8 yr2.0 in
- 60.00%—5.3 in
- 20.01%—0.8 in
- 10.00%—9.4 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 30–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–20 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.0 in, mean 3.7 in, 90th percentile 8.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Mississippi lowland forests
Other Taxodium in the catalogue
4 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
