Taxodium distichum
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B
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Bald Cypress
Cupressaceae
Plant Specifics
| Size: | 50 - 75 ft tall by 30-45 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Fruit Color: | Brown | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous. Very long-lived possibly exceeding 1000 yrs (Nelson 2003). | |
| Habitats: | Riverine swamps, large swamps around lakes. Inundated areas associated with some form of flowing water. Floodplains, sloughs, strands. May be associated with a longer fire return interval than T. ascendens. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Can be used as a specimen tree, planted in floodplain areas, or planted in relatively moist uplands. Large rain gardens and bioswales. Tolerant of root disturbance, so a candidate for use as a street/parking lot tree. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Pond, lake, or stream bottom, Clay, Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Attracts seed-eating birds. Valuable as roosting and nesting areas for colonial wading birds.
Larval host for baldcypress sphinx (Isoparce cupressi) moth.