Bald Cypress
Scientific Name:Taxodium distichum


NOTES: Deciduous conifer, autumn leaves turning bronze-colored before dropping. Cones resemble small golf balls. Cypress can reach diameters exceeding 10 feet and live 1000 years.

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Bald Cypress
Genus species: Taxodium distichum
Common Name: Bald Cypress
Family Name: Cupressaceae  
Shrubs or trees; cone-bearing.
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Tree
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson

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