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).

   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.

   2006 June 27, Robert Mohlenbrock, This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 26

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   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.

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