34 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 92, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Sequoia sempervirens gracilis Carriere. 



Sequoia sempervirens taxifolia Car- 

 riere. 



Sequoia sempervirens adpressa Car- 

 riere. 



TAXODIUM Richard 



*Taxodium distichum (Linnaeus) Richard. 



Range. — From southern Delaware (Sussex County) southward in the coast 

 region to southern Florida (Everglade Keys) ; westward in the Gulf Coast region 

 to Texas (Devil's River) and northward through Louisiana to Oklahoma, Arkan- 

 sas, northern and western Mississippi and Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, 

 western Kentucky, southern Illinois, and southwestern Indiana (Knox County). 



Sequoia sempervirens picta Sudworth. 

 Sequoia sempervirens albo-spica (Gor- 

 don) Beissner. 

 Sequoia sempervirens glauca Gordon. 



Southern Cypress. 



NAMES IN USE 



Louisiana Red Cypress (trade). 

 Gulf Red Cypress (trade). 

 Tidewater Red Cypress (trade). 

 Gulf Coast Red Cypress (trade). 

 Bald Cypress (Del., N. C, S. C, Ala., 



La., Fla., Tex., Ark., Mo., 111., Ind., 



and hort.). 

 White Cypress (N. C, S. C, Fla., 



Miss., trade — inland type). 

 Black Cypress (N. C, S. C, Ala., Tex., 



trade) . 

 Red Cypress (Ga., Miss., La., Tex., 



trade — coast type). 



Swamp Cypress (La.). 



Cypress (Del., N. C, Tenn., S. C 



Miss., Ky., Mo., 111., trade). 

 Deciduous Cypress (Del., 111., Tex.). 

 Southern Cypress (Ala. and trade). 

 Buck Cypress (N. C). 

 Cow Cypress (N. C). 

 River Cypress (lit.). 

 Gulf Cypress (trade). 

 Yellow Cypress (trade). 

 Common Baldcypress (inland type). 



Fla. 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Taxodium distichum pendulum 

 (Forbes) Carriere. 



Taxodium distichum pendulum elegans 

 Beissner. 



Taxodium distichum pendulum novum 

 Beissner. 



Taxodium distichum patens (Aiton) 

 Endlicher. 



Taxodium distichum denudatum Car- 

 riere. 



*Taxodium adscendens Bronsrriart. 



Taxodium distichum knighti Carriere. 



Taxodium distichum pyramidatum Car- 

 riere. 



Taxodium distichum microphyllum 

 (Brongniart) Henkel and Hoch- 

 stetter. 



Taxodium distichum intermedium Car- 

 riere. 



Taxodium distichum nanum Carriere. 



Taxodium distichum nigrum Gordon. 



Pond Cypress. 



Range. — From southeastern Virginia (Dismal Swamp) to western Florida and 

 southern Alabama. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly, and still, designated as Taxodium 

 distichum imbricarium (Nuttall) Sargent and as Taxodium imbricarium (Nuttall) 

 Harper. Frequently cultivated, and under the names Glyptostrobus pendulus 

 Endlicher and " Glyptostrobus sinensis" hort. 



NAMES IN USE 



Cypress (N. C). Pond Cypress (lit.). 



LIBOCEDRUS 12 Endlicher 



*Libocedrus decurrens Torrey. Incense Cedar. 



Range. — From Oregon (North Fork of Santiam River and southward on the 

 western slopes of the Cascade Mountains) through California (western slopes of 

 Sierra Nevada and coast ranges. from southern border af Mendocino County to 

 San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and Cuayamaca Mountains) ; western Nevada 

 (Washoe Mountains) ; Lower California (San Pedro Martir and Sierra del Pimal 

 Mountains) . 



» Britton and Shafer (North American Trees, 92, 1908) have taken up for this group Heyderia K. Koch 

 (1873), designating the Incense Cedar as Heyderia decurrens (Torrey) Koch. 



