PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gaddy, LL TI - Primeval pond cypress savannas in Atlantic Coastal Plain depression wetlands AID - 10.3368/npj.19.3.192 DP - 2018 Sep 21 TA - Native Plants Journal PG - 192--199 VI - 19 IP - 3 4099 - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/19/3/192.short 4100 - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/19/3/192.full SO - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2018 Sep 21; 19 AB - Pond cypress is one of the 3 known species of Taxodium (Cupressaceae) worldwide. It is found primarily in non-alluvial wetland depressions in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains of the southeastern US. In some clay-based depressions where hydroperiod and fire allow, pond cypress savannas are present. Here, dwarfed, old-growth pond cypress trees form an open canopy over a diverse and rare companion flora. Pond cypress may live to an age of 500 y or more. Disturbances, such as ditching, draining, logging, and the elimination of fire, are enemies of healthy pond cypress savannas.