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§1 Plant
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
vernacular bald cypress — species · Cupressaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Cupressaceae Gray
- Genus
- Taxodium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 493 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- High
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6
- Root depth
- 40 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 130 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 45 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 5,200
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 493 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brantley 13025
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Colquitt 13071
- Crisp 13081
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
Illinois view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Daviess 21059
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Webster 21233
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pontotoc 28115
- Quitman 28119
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Martin 37117
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TADI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2684191 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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