TAXODIUM The following is lifted from the MSc ... - SFA Gardens

vigorous shoots as the cutting source, particularly if the clone is young.
According to Larry Hatch’s extensive list (http://www.raretrees.org/taxodium.html)
there are over 45 cultivars of Taxodium including clones that are pendulous,
contorted, dwarf, salt tolerant, of good form, superior foliage color, etc. Many are
not readily available or are lost to the garden world. As might be expected by its
wide range, BC has the most varieties, some easier to find than others. The SFA
Mast Arboretum, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA has a long history of collecting and
planting a wide range of cultivars and genotypes (Appendix A). In addition, the
SFA Mast Arboretum includes seedling trees representing a wide range of
provenances from across the southern USA.
Central and West Texas Baldcypress - BC in the western regions of its
range is more salt and alkalinity tolerant, and is less prone to produce knees than
its more eastern types. Eastern genotypes of Taxodium planted in San Antonio,
Texas, USA often turn chlorotic and sometimes fail to survive. Botanists and
horticulturists are convinced that Central to West Texas BC are perhaps
commingled with MC and represents transitional genetics.
Pondcypress - PC occurs in the
southern portion of the range of BC
and only on the southeastern coastal
plain from North Carolina into
Louisiana, and to our observation,
perhaps into southeast Texas
(Shangrila Botanical Gardern, Orange,
Shangrila Botanical Gardens, Orange, TX