Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium
Cat. Pl. New Bern 30. 1837.
Common names: Pondcypress
Basionym: Cupressus disticha var. imbricaria Nuttall Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 224. 1818
Synonyms: Taxodium ascendens
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Revision as of 23:29, 29 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Trees to ca. 30 m; trunk to 2 m diam. Bark brown to light gray, typically somewhat thicker and more deeply furrowed than that of other varieties. Branchlets with leaves not in 2 ranks, mostly ascending vertically. Leaves ca. 3–10 mm, appressed and overlapping, mostly narrowly lanceolate, free portion not contracted or twisted basally. 2n = 22.
Habitat: Blackwater rivers, lake margins, swamps, Carolina Bay lakes, pocosins, and wet, poorly drained, pine flatwoods
Elevation: 0–100 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C.
Discussion
The name Taxodium distichum (Linnaeus) Richard var. nutans (Aiton) Sweet has been misapplied to this taxon; the type of this name belongs to var. distichum (F. D. Watson 1985).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"thin" is not a number.
... more about "Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium"
absent +
long-lived +
furrowed +
fibrous +
thicker +
free +
ascending +
terete +
Pondcypress +
monopodial +
deliquescent +
conic +
Blackwater rivers, lake margins, swamps, Carolina Bay lakes, pocosins, and wet, poorly drained, pine flatwoods +
Present +
erect +
developed +
keeled +
overlapping +
persisting +
appressed +
dimorphic +
abscising +
extreme +
lanceolate +
indeterminate +
pendent +
2;10 +
not winged +
simple +
maturing +
conspicuous +
spheric;oblong +
spheric +
twisted +
not contracted +
free +
Cat. Pl. New Bern +
1837 +
absent +
fibrous;woody +
peltate +
overlapping +
valvate +
fused +
falling +
abutting +
5;10 +
woody +
compound +
persisting +
maturing +
globose +
wingless +
3-angled +
dimorphic +
determinate +
abscising +
variable +
Illustrated +
overlapping +
Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium +
Taxodium distichum +
variety +
buttressed +
0m;2m +
enlarged +
resinous +
cladoptosic +
aromatic +
monoecious +
2;3 +