Pond Cypress
Taxodium ascendens
Pond cypress is the slender, upright cousin of bald cypress, with feathery ascending foliage and a love of acidic ponds and pocosins. Turns rusty bronze in fall before dropping its needles.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–70 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~16 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NY, SC