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Taxodium / t æ k ˈ s oʊ d i ə m / [1] is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The name is derived from the Latin word taxus , meaning " yew ", and the Greek word εἶδος ( eidos ), meaning "similar to."
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Amentotaxus argotaenia: Catkin yew: China: Fujian, southern Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, western Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, north-western Jiangxi, central and south-eastern Sichuan, south-eastern Tibet and southern Zhejiang
Cypress (Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Taxodium) Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica) Bald cypress, southern cypress (Taxodium distichum) Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
The bark and foliage are similar to Sequoia, but Metasequoia is deciduous like Taxodium distichum (bald cypress), and, similarly, older specimens form wide buttresses on the lower trunk. It is a fast-growing tree to 130–150 feet (40–45 m) tall and 6 feet (2 m) in trunk diameter in cultivation so far (with the potential to grow even higher).
By 1951, the species had entered the commercial horticultural trade in the United States, [12] and following media excitement about the new discovery, including in the San Francisco Chronicle of March 25, 1948, [12] sales soon took off. Dawn redwood has proved an easy tree to grow in temperate regions, and is now widely planted as an ornamental ...
Pseudotaxus chienii, known commonly as the whiteberry yew [1] (Chinese: 白豆杉; pinyin: báidòushān; lit. 'white bean conifer'), is a species of plant in the yew family, Taxaceae.
Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co., Ltd. known also as BNMC [nb 1] is a Chinese company based in Baiyin, Gansu Province, China. The company was the main copper supplier in China. [2] Since 15 February 2017, Baiyin Nonferrous is a listed company in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Glyptostrobus is a small genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae (formerly in the family Taxodiaceae).The sole living species, Glyptostrobus pensilis, is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in northern Vietnam and Bolikhamsai province of eastern Laos near the Vietnam border.