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Common names include bald cypress, swamp cypress, white cypress, tidewater red cypress, gulf cypress and red cypress. [12] [13] The bald cypress was designated the official state tree of Louisiana in 1963. [14] In some cultures, the bald cypress symbolizes longevity, endurance, and mourning. [citation needed]
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."
The name cypress is occasionally used for some species of fustic and for bald cypress, and it often denotes jack pine in eastern Canada. [1] Species that are commonly known as cypresses include: Cypress (multiple species within the genus Cupressus): Cupressus sempervirens, a common cypress also referred to as Italian cypress and Mediterranean ...
Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: ... Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus: 1959 [18] ... Bald cypress [a] Taxodium distichum: 1963 [26]
giant sequoia; big tree Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taiwania: Taiwania trees; Taiwania cryptomerioides: Taiwania Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium: bald or swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum var. nutans) pond cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium distichum: bald cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium mucronatum ...
Giant sequoia is a popular ornamental tree [27] and is occasionally grown for timber. [28] Giant sequoia, [29] Leyland cypress, and Arizona cypress are grown to a small extent as Christmas trees. [30] Some species have significant cultural importance. The ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum) is the national tree of Mexico.
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.
The Senator in 2012 The Senator in 2011. The Senator was the biggest and oldest bald cypress [1] tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida.At the time of its demise in 2012, it was approximately 3,500 years old, 125 feet (38 m) tall, and with a trunk diameter of 11.27 feet (3.44 m). [2]