Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens)

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Category:	Tree
Class:	Perennial
Bark:	Bark is gray to brown and becomes vertically ridged or blocky with age, exposing an attractive orange inner bark
Form:	Narrow, upright (columnar or conical) form
Fruit:	Produces small, round, purplish-green cones that resemble a small soccer ball and mature to brown. Standing water is required for the seeds to germinate in the wild
Foliage:	Leaves are awl-shaped (short and scale-like), spirally arranged, and press against the branchlets, which are typically erect. The foliage is bright green in spring and summer, turning a rich coppery-orange or golden-brown in the fall before shedding for winter
Height:	50 ft. - 60 ft.
Growth rate:	Slow growth rate
Soil Type:	Wet, acidic, poorly-drained soils
Native Range:	Native range extends across the southeastern coastal plain of the United States, from Virginia to Florida and west to southeastern Louisiana
Other Information:	When grown in standing water or wet soil, the roots produce distinctive, rounded, woody projections called "knees" (pneumatophores), which protrude above the water line. Their exact function is still debated, but it is speculated they aid in gas exchange for the roots in anaerobic soils
Photographer:	William Khoury
Latitude / Longitude:	(32.48693301°N, -83.92495109°W)
Bed(s):	TREES - 1 Plant;