Taxodium ascendens

Taxodium ascendens

Taxodium ascendens is a species of conifer native to the southeastern United States.

It reaches 15–18 meters in height.

The bark is light brown to silvery brown, deeply furrowed.

The needles are short, scaly, arranged spirally, and tightly attached to the shoots.

They are light green in summer, turning intense orange, cinnamon, or golden brown in autumn.

Taxodium ascendens requires moist, acidic, and peaty soil.

It prefers a sunny location.