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Glyptostrobus pensilis
Also called Chinese Water Fir, Asian Swamp Cypress, Chinese Water Pine, Chines Swamp Cypress, Pencil Cedar
Chinese swamp cypress is a deciduous conifer, the only living species in its genus, that grows as a medium to large tree in wet ground along rivers, ponds and swamps. Its key to growing it is constant moisture or wet roots, and it is endangered in the wild.
Glyptostrobus pensilis, known in Chinese as 水松 (Shuǐ sōng), and also Chinese swamp cypress, is an endangered conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, and the sole living species in the genus Glyptostrobus.
G. pensilis is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in Central Vietnam and down to central Laos, where stands exist in the Nakai-Nam Theun area. It typically grows in river banks, ponds and swamps, growing in water up to 60 cm (24 in) deep.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glyptostrobus pensilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
