The family TAXODIACEAE
This family of 10 genera consists of only c.15 species of trees, each of which has generally only a restricted distribution in the world. The leaves are spirally arranged and either linear, awl-shaped or scale-like. The foliage is evergreen, except in some species (eg. the short leafy shoots of Taxodium and Metasequoia being deciduous). Pollen grains not winged. In this family the ovuliferous and the bract scales of the ovulate strobili are more or less united. The ripe cones are woody and rather small.
Taxodiaceae includes the genera:
Taxodium