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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chinese swamp cypress being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Taxodium mucronatum
- Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Cryptomeria japonica
- Cupressus pendula
- Callitris macleayana
- Taxodium ascendens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Glyptostrobus
- Species
- Glyptostrobus pensilis
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