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Taxodium distichum

Common Baldcypress

Pronunciation
tax-OH-dium DIS-tic-hum
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Family
Genus
Nativity

Virginia to Louisiana

Growth Habit

Pyramidal, narrow, buttressing at trunk base, horizontal branches.

Hardiness
4
Culture

Found near water, often times right beside water than actually in it; sun and swampy areas

Facultative Status
Obligate
Landscape Use

Grows well in wet areas and often found in parks near lakes and ponds

Foliage

Deciduous conifer; single branchlet with needles that are parallel; change to gold in the fall

Buds

Buds are alternate near tip of stem, overlapping sharply pointed scale

Bark

Light reddish brown and deeply furrowed. Develops knees.

Flower

Monoecious, male catkins are 4-5 inches long.

Fruit

Small cones that are short-stalked and globose; flowers are monoecious; males form drooping panicles while females are scattered near the ends of branc

Propagation

Seeds, grafting for cultivars.

Pests
Mites and galls.
Cultivars

'Fastigiata' - Narrow habit.

'Shawnee Brave' - Narrow, pyramidal, mite resistant.

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