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Taxodium ascendens Brogn.
Pond cypress

Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo

Family: Cupressaceae

Group: Gymnosperm

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. See a 2018 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on the galls created by the Cypress Twig Gall Midge on Pond Cypress.

Other data on Taxodium ascendens available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Taxodium ascendens has been found in the following 44 conservation areas :
Arch Creek Addition	Present
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Taxodium ascendens has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native