Champion Trees

Details for PK 1015

General Information

Common Name: PONDCYPRESS
Scientific Name: Taxodium ascendens
Group: Conifer
Title: National Co-Champion
Status Date: 1/23/2014	Map: View
County: Lake	Ownership Type: Public
Location: Seminole State Forest, Lake Tracy West parcel
Latitude: 28.98181	Longitude: -81.48602

Measurement Information

Crown Spread Max: 84	Crown Spread Min: 77
Circumference: 244.8	Height: 95
Height of Circumference: 4.5	Total Points: 360
Date of Measurement: 1/22/2014
Reason of Measurement: New Nomination
Verified by County Forester: Ralph Risch, Biologist II, SSF, FFS

Condition of Tree: Excellent (Vigorous, healthy)

Nomination Comments

Most foliage is typical pondcypress, w/ awl-like leaflets (needles) adhering to and near parallel to leaf stalk on all sides; however, some leaves have flat sprays of compressed leaflets as per baldcypress (Taxodium distchum). Knees are few and small. Habitat is far from either flowing water or large lakes, being the edge of a small swamp surrounded by former pasture land that used to be mesic or wet flatwoods, with scrub nearby. Crown is not columnar, as is typical for pondcypress, but the likely great age of this tree (and lack of light competition) may be causative of this spreading-crowned growth form.

Nominator Name: Ralph G Risch

Owner Name: Florida Forest Service

Phone: 352-360-3677

E-mail: ralph.risch@freshfromflorida.com

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