RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primeval pond cypress savannas in Atlantic Coastal Plain depression wetlands
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 192
OP 199
DO 10.3368/npj.19.3.192
VO 19
IS 3
A1 Gaddy, LL
YR 2018
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/19/3/192.abstract
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.