Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Cupressaceae > Glyptostrobus > Glyptostrobus pensilisGlyptostrobus pensilis (Chinese Water Fir; Chinese Swamp Cypress)Synonyms: Cuprespinnata heterophylla; Cuprespinnata sinensis; Cupressepinnata heterophylla; Cupressepinnata sinensis; Cupressus nucifera; Glyptostrobus aquaticus; Glyptostrobus heterophyllus; Glyptostrobus sinensis (homotypic); Juniperus aquatica; Sabina aquatica; Schubertia nucifera (homotypic); Taxodium heterophyllum; Taxodium japonicum (homotypic); Taxodium japonicum var. heterophyllum; Taxodium sinense; Thuja lavandulifolia; Thuja pensilis (homotypic) Language: Chi; Ger; Rus Glyptostrobus pensilis, also known as Chinese swamp cypress, is the sole living species in the genus Glyptostrobus. It is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in northern Vietnam. It typically grows in river banks, ponds and swamps, growing in water up to 60 cm (24 in) deep. Like the related genus Taxodium, it produces 'cypress knees', or pneumatophores, when growing in water, thought to help transport oxygen to the roots. |
| Flower Type [1] | Monoecious | | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | | Pollinators [1] | Wind | | Specific Gravity [2] | 0.483 | | Structure [1] | Tree | | Usage [1] | The roots have high buoyancy and are used to make life buoys, bottle corks, etc;
Tannins extracted from the bark and the cone scales are used in tanning, dyeing, and fishing nets;
Having an extensive root system, it is often planted in wet places for erosion control, to stabilize river banks and paddy field walls; It is also used as a windbreak;
Wind-felled trees are used in constructing buildings, bridges and furniture; |  | | Height [1] | 33 feet (10 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository. ♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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