Taxodium ascendens

Upright cypress (Taxodium distichum var imbricarium ) Branch with upright side branches.

The Upright bald cypress (Taxodium distichum var imbricarium, Syn: Taxodium ascendens ) is a variety of the Real bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) from the kind of bald cypress (Taxodium ), which belongs to the cypress family ( Cupressaceae ). It is native to the eastern United States.

Description

The Upright cypress is a deciduous tree (ie it raises from their leaves in autumn ) and can reach heights of growth of up to 25 meters.

The tree crown is loose and little branched. The branches are upright and 10 to 15 cm long. The scale-like leaves are 6-8 mm long (and thus shorter than in Taxodium distichum var distichum), curved and finely pointed. These thin branches arise anywhere on the up to 3 cm thick branches. The pins are smaller than Taxodium distichum distichum var.

Dissemination and use

Its natural range extends into North America from Virginia to Alabama.

In Central Europe it is grown much rarer than the bald cypress; it is less hardy than this.

Cultivated form

The cultivar of Taxodium distichum var imbricarium cv. ' Nutans ' differs from the natural form through the limply drooping branch tips; it reaches stature heights of about 15 meters. It is often under the synonym distichum Taxodium var pendulum and the incorrect designation Glyptostrobus pensilis in culture.

Swell

• Alan Mitchell, translated and edited by Gerd Krüssmann: The forest and park trees in Europe: a field guide for dendrologists and nature lovers. Paul Parey, Hamburg and Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-490-05918-2. - There ascending described as Taxodium.

• Cypress Family
• Tree