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Rising tall from dark, murky waters, the bald cypress tree is a stately symbol of the swamp. Associated with the bayou, Spanish moss, pelicans, egrets and alligators, the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) is the state tree of Louisiana.
The most impressive objects in the swamp are the cypress trees which are very graceful in their structure, with their reddish bark, exquisitely bent branches, and delicately fine leaves. Bald cypress prefer wet, swampy soils on riverbanks, floodplains, or wet depressions, but are widely adaptable.
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.
Able to thrive in standing freshwater, bald cypress grow wild in Louisiana’s swamps. They also grow on the fringes of freshwater lakes and ponds, and can now be seen as landscape features on dry ground. Cypress trees were once an historical construction mainstay for Louisiana natives and settlers.
In southern swamps, the two dominant trees are Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum), a gymnosperm, and Water Tupelo (Nyssa aquatica), an angiosperm. These swamps are often referred to as cypress-tupelo swamps.
Cypress trees surround Hamilton Hall as he searches Atchafalaya waters for his kind of buried treasure: sunken cypress logs, felled decades ago and now used to fashion furniture.
Variety nutans, commonly called pondcypress, cypress, or black-cypress, grows in shallow ponds and wet areas westward only to southeastern Louisiana. It does not usually grow in river or stream swamps.
Wetlands host a variety of trees such as the bald cypress, tupelo gum and cottonwood. Other plants such as the dwarf palmetto and wax myrtle and submerged aquatic plants such as Vallisneria and Ruppia are native to Louisiana wetlands.
The bald cypress is a majestic tree that grows in many parts of Louisiana, particularly in swampy areas. The shape of the bald cypress depends greatly on the amount and duration of flooding in the area.
Range: Cypress-tupelo swamps may be found throughout Louisiana in all river basins, and sizeable areas of swamp still remain, even though the historic extent is considerably reduced. Statewide estimates of swamp loss range from 25 to 50 % of the original presettlement acreage and old-growth examples are very rare.