pond cypress

English

pond cypress trees (Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium)

Noun

pond cypress (plural pond cypresses)

1. A variety of bald cypress native to blackwater rivers of the Southeastern United States; a deciduous conifer of species Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (formerly known as Taxodium ascendens).
   • 2006 June 27, Robert Mohlenbrock, This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 26:

     Most of the pond cypress leaves are twisted so that they stand erect along the upper side of the twigs, creating a featherlike effect. By contrast, the leaves of bald cypress are arranged in a spiral all around the twigs.

   • 2016 November 3, Thomas E. Lodge, The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fourth Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 99:

     In areas of peat soils, bald cypress dominates, and in marl soils, pond cypress dominates. Their growth forms are distinctive--bald cypress limbs extending horizontally and pond cypress extending at a uniform upward angle.

Hypernyms

• bald cypress, taxodium, cypress, conifer, gymnosperm, tracheophyte, plant

Translations

Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium

References

• pond cypress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taxodium ascendens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons