pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens)

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Pond cypress is a narrowly distributed (1.7% of area), sparse, but of high importance species where it occurs in bottomlands. As expected, it behaves very similarly to its cousin bald cypress with regards to capabilityAn overall estimate of capability for the species to cope or persist with the changing climate within the eastern US. to cope - fair rating. It gains suitable habitat, especially under the harsher RCP 8.5, and again up the eastern seaboard. SHIFTMigration model that calculates the likelihood of colonization, based on current abundance over an approximately 100-year time period period to roughly intersect the future suitable habitats predicted by DISTRIB-II also suggests it appropriate for infillThe species is projected, according to SHIFT, to be a good species to plant to ‘fill in’ suitable habitats, most often in the general proximity and gaps present in the current range of the species.ing, along with the contstraints on natural northward migration up the coast over 100 years.

RCP 4.5 SHIFTLoad DISTRIB-II + SHIFT output for the Moderate Emissions (RCP 4.5) climate model scenarioRCP 8.5 SHIFTLoad DISTRIB-II + SHIFT output for the High Emissions (RCP 8.5) climate model scenario