la. var. distichum. BALD-CYPRESS. Medium to large trees; bark dark reddish brown to light brown, with shallow furrows. Specimens from terminal branchlets and juvenile growth are often indistinguishable from the next variety. Brownwater riverine, palustrine, and lacustrine margins and swamps, occasionally in brackish water; cp. SE except WVa. [Tex, Okla, Mo, Ill, and Ind]. T. distichum (L.) Richard--F, in part; incl. T. d. var. d. forma confusum Palmer & Steyermark; and T. d. var. nutens (Aiton) Sweet.
lb. var. imbricarium (Nuttall) Croom. POND-CYPRESS. Small to medium trees; bark brown to light gray, with deeper furrows. Specimens from juvenile individuals or stump sprouts are indistinguishable from the typical variety. Blackwater riverine, palustrine, and lacustrine margins and swamps, Carolina Bay lakes, pocosins, and wet, poorly-drained pine flatwoods. AC and GC. Fla, Ga, La, Miss, NC, and SC. T. distichum (L.) Richard--F, in part; T. ascendens Brongn.--S, G. R; T. d. var. nutans (Aiton) Sweet--sensu many authors, not Aiton.