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Mulch done right can help capture water and retain moisture around a plant’s roots during dry spells. It can help keep lawnmowers and string trimmers from damaging a plant’s bark.
Taxodium distichum (baldcypress, [3] [4] [5] bald-cypress, [6] bald cypress, swamp cypress; French: cyprès chauve; cipre in Louisiana) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. Hardy and tough, this tree adapts to a wide range of soil types, whether wet, salty, dry, or swampy.
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs from the Cupressus genus of the Cupressaceae family, typically found in warm-temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Europe, and North America.
Sheet mulch has important advantages relative to conventional methods, such as tilling, plowing or applying herbicides: Improvement of desirable plants' health and productivity. [1] Retention of water and nutrients and stabilization of biochemical cycles. [1] Improvement of soil structure, soil life, and prevention of soil erosion. [1] [8]
Basal area is the cross-sectional area of trees at breast height (1.3m or 4.5 ft above ground). It is a common way to describe stand density. In forest management, basal area usually refers to merchantable timber and is given on a per hectare or per acre basis.
Cupressaceae or the cypress family is a family of conifers. The family includes 27–30 genera (17 monotypic ), which include the junipers and redwoods , with about 130–140 species in total. They are monoecious , subdioecious or (rarely) dioecious trees and shrubs up to 116 m (381 ft) tall.
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, known as Port Orford cedar [2] or Lawson's cypress, [3] is a species of conifer in the genus Chamaecyparis, family Cupressaceae. It is native to Oregon and northwestern California , and grows from sea level up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in the valleys of the Klamath Mountains , often along streams.
Hesperocyparis forbesii, with the common names Tecate cypress or Forbes' cypress, [3] is a nonflowering, seed bearing tree species of western cypress native to southwestern North America in California and Baja California.