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§1 Plant

Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.

vernacular bald cypress — species · Cupressaceae


USDA
TADI2
GBIF
2684191
Rank
species
bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Platephotograph · Annika LindqvistCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 493 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
Arkansas view state ↗ 58 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
Florida view state ↗ 60 N
Georgia view state ↗ 37 N
Illinois view state ↗ 17 N
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 62 N
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 48 N
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N
New York view state ↗ 2 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N
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

§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

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