Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Deciduous-Trees
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Taxodium distichum Plant Information
Classification | |
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Scientific Name: | Taxodium distichum |
Common Name: | bald cypress |
Family: | Taxodiaceae |
Suggested Uses: | parks, large estates as a specimen tree, wet areas, street tree, groupings, groves |
Characteristics | |
Plant Form: | pyramidal shape |
Height: | 50 - 70 feet tall |
Foliage: | deciduous, spirally arranged or alternate 0.5 inches long, linear to lanceolate dark orange in fall |
Flower: | monoecious |
Fruit: | cones |
Bark: | reddish brown, fibrous trunk becomes strongly buttressed in wet areas |
Environment | |
Sun: | full sun |
Water: | tolerates wet or dry sites, adaptable |
Soil: | adaptable to different pH and soil moisture conditions likes good drainage |
USDA Zone: | zones 4 - 11 |
Native Range: | Southeastern and Gulf Coastal Plains |
Care | |
Maintenance: | many plants develop "knees" (woody conical growths from the roots that are produced in wet areas or near water features); their exact function is not known |
Additional Notes: |
hot summers preferred for good growth old growth stand in Bladen County, North Carolina is over 1,620 years old |
TTU Plant Resources
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