Taxodium ascendens Brongniart, 1833 - pond cypress (Dawes Arboretum collection, Heath, Ohio, USA)
This tree is also known as Taxodium distichum imbricarium.
Pond cypresses are gymnosperms, but not evergreens. Unusual for a conifer, the pond cypress sheds its foliage in the fall in temperate climates. They are native to parts of southeastern America.
Classification: Plantae, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Pinales, Cupressaceae / Taxodiaceae
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See info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium_ascendens
