Taxodium distichum
Bald Cypress
Perfect for swampy areas, they are among the few trees that tolerate constantly wet roots. Deciduous or evergreen, these conical or columnar trees reach 50 to 80 feet tall.
Taxodium distichum
Common Baldcypress
Taxodiaceae
Located on North side of Swan Lake.
Taxodium distichum and cvs. (Bald cypress)
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bailey Nurseries
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Genus Taxodium
Trees deciduous or evergreen . Branchlets terete . Lateral roots commonly producing erect , irregularly conic to rounded "knees" in periodically flooded habitats . Leaves alternate, in 2 ranks or not.
Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma Cypress) - This beautiful Mexican native can grow in dry soils, however it will grow slower, or in well-watered areas like lawns.
Taxodium distichum
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Bald Cypress
Description
The bright green fern-like leaves give the Bald Cypress its unique look. Its leaves turn a coppery bronze in the autumn, then drop in the winter.
Taxodium ascendens, Pond Cypress, is similar, but smaller, has shorter needles, and is less cold-hardy than T. distichum, it is sometimes listed as T. distichum var. ascendens.
Taxodium: resembles Taxus; distichum: in two ranks (the leaves).
USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Taxodium ascendens is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. See states reporting pondcypress (opens a new window).
Taxodium distichum (bald cypress)
Bald cypress is an iconic tree that epitomizes the southeastern USA for residents and visitors alike.
Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) at Kew Gardens ...
#108 Taxodium distichum
Common Names: bald-cypress, baldcypress
Family: Taxodiaceae (bald-cypress Family)
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Taxodium distichum Cypress Tree, Ben Milam Bald
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 6a thru 10b ...
Taxodium distichum, bald cypress, grows to be a huge tree in Florida and the southeast.
Taxodium distichum ( Pendens Bald Cypress )
Taxodium distichum ( Prairie Sentinel )
Taxodium distichum ( Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress ) ...
Pond Cypress Taxodium ascendens (Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium, Taxodium distichum var. nutans)
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Bald cypress, Taxodium distichum, is familiar to all southerners because it grows along waterways and bayous in soft, moist ground throughout the region.
*Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
50 to 70'
20 to 30'
Sun; tolerant of moist to wet soil; requires acid soil.
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum), deciduous conifer
Japanese Plum Yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia)
Juniper (Juniperus) ...
Tamarix aphylla
Taxodium mucronatum
Tecomella undulata
Trithrinax campestris ...
In the swamp cypress (Taxodium distichum) the tree assumes a rich brown colour in the autumn, and sheds its leaves together with the branchlets which bear them; deciduous branches occur also in some other species, e.g.
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The bald cypresses (genus Taxodium) were widely distributed in the geologic past but are now restricted to the SE United States and Mexico. They are called “bald" because of their deciduous character, unusual in conifers.
(Cladium jamaicense), mangroves (including the red, black and white mangroves), alligator flag (Thalia geniculata), strangler fig (Ficus aurea), gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba), mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), saw palmetto, pond cypress (Taxodium ...
Sequoia sempervirens (California Redwood, Coast Redwood)
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia)
Taxodium ascendens (Pond Cypress)
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)
Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma Cypress) ...
Taxodium distichum AGM: A large deciduous conifer that is fairly tolerant of drought as well as very tolerant of waterlogging. This tree has an Award of garden Merit but is really suited to very large gardens or public open space.
"Show me some Dr. Seuss trees" a customer requested. Cascade Falls Weeping Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls') is a good selection to accent water gardens.
Late Winter Flowers ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides. DAWN REDWOOD. China
TAXODIACEAE (Taxodium family) ...
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Salix - The willow family. Will grow with roots in water.
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
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not obvious at all; large, Taxodium and relatives), (bract scale fleshy - Juniperus; with adaxial development), ovules 1-9(-many)/scale, erect or inverted; male gametophyte without sterile cell, gametes with separate cell walls; seeds /scale, ...
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 See also: Cypress, Green, Taxodium distichum, May, Bald cypress
  
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