Taxodium ascendens ( Pond Baldcypress )
Taxodium ascendens has a columnar maturation habit ; it is a deciduous conifer with spreading branches . phonograph needle - corresponding foliation is bright immature , bend orangish - chocolate-brown in fall . New foliage often late emerging , sometimes as late as former summer . Both male and female flowers are escaped panicle , not showy . Cones are rounded , less than 1 1/2 inch prospicient , purplish and resiny when young , maturing into brown ....