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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.
African cypress (Widdringtonia species), native to Southern Africa [11]Bald, Pond, and Montezuma cypresses (Taxodium species), native to North AmericaChinese swamp cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis), Vietnam, critically endangered [12]
Bald cypress is the state tree of Louisiana. Bald cypress, often festooned with Spanish moss, of southern swamps are another tourist attraction. They can be seen at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. Bald cypress "knees" are often sold as souvenirs, made into lamps, or carved to make folk art. [35]
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.
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 ]
Bald cypress [a] Taxodium distichum: 1963 [26] Maine: Eastern white pine: Pinus strobus: 1945 [27] Maryland: White oak (See also: Wye Oak) Quercus alba: 1941 [28] Massachusetts: American elm: Ulmus americana: 1941 [29] Michigan: Eastern white pine: Pinus strobus: 1955 [30] Minnesota: Red pine (aka Norway pine) Pinus resinosa: 1953 [31 ...
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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."