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Cupressaceae
Bald Cypress Flower
Taxodium distichum
Immortality and endurance.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Taxodium
- Native to
- Southeastern United States
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- tree
- Height
- 50-70 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- wet, acidic, clay or sandy
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 4-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Bald cypress trees can live for over 2,000 years, making them among the oldest living trees in eastern North America.
- The male flowers hang in long purple-red catkins up to 5 inches long, creating dramatic spring displays.
- Its iconic 'knees' (woody projections from roots) can grow several feet tall and their function is still debated by scientists.
- Despite being a conifer, it is deciduous and drops its needles each fall, hence the name 'bald.'
- The wood is exceptionally rot-resistant and was once known as 'the wood eternal,' prized for building in wet environments.
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