Chines Swamp Cypress

Glyptostrobus pensilis

(D.Don) K.Koch Species

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Botanical name
Glyptostrobus pensilis
Also known as
Chines Swamp Cypress, Chinese Swamp Cypress, Chinese Swamp-Cypress, Chinese Water Fir, Chinese Water-Fir, Chinese Water-Pine
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Glyptostrobus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Chines Swamp Cypress

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Glyptostrobus pensilis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cuprespinnata heterophylla Cuprespinnata sinensis Cupressus nucifera Glyptostrobus aquaticus Glyptostrobus heterophyllus Glyptostrobus sinensis Juniperus aquatica Sabina aquatica Schubertia nucifera Taxodium heterophyllum Taxodium japonicum Taxodium japonicum var. heterophyllum Taxodium sinense Thuja lavandulifolia Thuja pensilis Thuja pensilis

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