Description
Native to the coastal plain from Virginia to Louisiana,more coastal than var..distichum.The pneumatophores are uncommon,rounded.The short shoots are assurgent or errect,with adpressed,acicular scale-leaves 3-10mm long.The pond cypress occurs more often in swamps and by lakes than in deeper water,riparian habitat preferred by var.distichum.It is less hardy than the bald cypress,smaller,neater and more columnar.A number of forms and horticultural cultivars have been selected.