Glyptostrobus
Common name: Chinese swamp cypress
Dutch: Chinese moerasCipres
Identifying Features
- Habit: Small to medium deciduous conifer, critically endangered
- Leaves: Dimorphic - scale-like on permanent shoots, linear on deciduous branchlets
- Bark: Gray-brown, fissured
- Cones: Pear-shaped, with distinctive winged scales
- Distinguishing: Only living species; produces knee-like projections in water
Species Encountered
| Species | Photo | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. pensilis |
Parent: Taxodioideae