Genus Glyptostrobus

The genus formerly had a much wider range, covering most of the Northern Hemisphere, including the high Arctic in the Paleocene.

Species in the genus Glyptostrobus of plants

Glyptostrobus pensilis - It is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching 30 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m , possibly more. The leaves are deciduous, spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, 5�20 mm long and 1�2 mm broad, but 2�3 mm long and scale-like on shoots in the upper crown. The cones are green maturing yellow-brown, pear-shaped, 2�3 cm long and 1�1.5 cm diameter, broadest near the apex. They open when mature to release the small, 5�20 mm long, winged seeds.