Scientific name: Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium

Common name:  pond cypress

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 10-15m tall, 15-25m wide

Form: pyramidal, upright

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: more organic and acidic soil

Leaf arrangement: compound. Alternate.

Fall colour: yellow, bronze

Flower/cone/fruit description: male cone. No flowers.

Limitations: loves acidic soil and sun

Suitable uses: can tolerate wet and compacted soils; therefore very good.

Quick ID: dec. conifer tree (leaves fall off as branchlets). Pinnately compound. Alternate (spirally around whole the shoot). Linear leaflets on branchlets.

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