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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.
Taxodium / t æ k ˈ s oʊ d i ə m / [1] is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The name is derived from the Latin word taxus , meaning " yew ", and the Greek word εἶδος ( eidos ), meaning "similar to."
Lady Liberty is a bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) located in Big Tree Park in Longwood, Florida.The tree is over 2,000 years old and stands 40 feet (12 m) from the former site of The Senator, a 3,500-year-old Bald Cypress that burned down on January 16, 2012. [1]
Taxodone is a naturally occurring diterpenoid found in Taxodium distichum (bald cypress), Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary), several salvia species and other plants, along with its oxidized rearrangement product, taxodione.
Taxodium Glyptostrobus Cryptomeria. ... Genera. Image Genus Living Species Taxodium Rich. Taxodium ascendens Brongn. Taxodium distichum Rich. Taxodium mucronatum Ten.
The great majority of conifer genera and species are evergreen, retaining their leaves for several (2–40) years before falling, but unusual deciduous conifers occur in five genera (Larix, Pseudolarix, Glyptostrobus, Metasequoia and Taxodium), shedding their leaves in autumn and leafless through the winter.
Taxodium ascendens, also known as pond cypress, [2] is a deciduous conifer of the genus Taxodium, native to North America.Many botanists treat it as a variety of bald cypress, Taxodium distichum (as T. distichum var. imbricatum) rather than as a distinct species, but it differs in habitat, occurring mainly in still blackwater rivers, ponds and swamps without silt-rich flood deposits.
Taxodium distichum: Green 420 24.7 46 Baldcypress Taxodium distichum: 12.00% 460 43.9 73 Atlantic White Cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides: Green 310 16.5 32 Atlantic White Cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides: 12.00% 320 32.4 47 Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana: Green 440 24.6 48 Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana: 12.00% 470 41.5 61 Incense Cedar