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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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