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Cupressaceae > Taxodium (bald-cypress) | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted in a beaver pond in Durham, NC 13 Sep 2009 Native to wet habitats in the coastal plain, Baldcypress is commonly planted and grows very in wet or dry soils in the NC piedmont. | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted in a beaver pond in Durham, NC 13 Sep 2009 Baldcypress trees often develop a distinctive flat-topped shape. | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted in a beaver pond in Durham, NC 16 Aug 2009 Baldcypress is a deciduous conifer with branchlets turning brown and being shed each fall. | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Tyrrell Co., NC 2 Oct 2005 Ripening cones. |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Bladen C., NC 27 June 2010 Ripening cones. | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted in a beaver pond in Durham, NC 16 Aug 2009 | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted in a beaver pond in Durham, NC 16 Aug 2009 In wet soils, the base of the tree trunk becomes buttressed. | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted in a beaver pond in Durham, NC 16 Aug 2009 "Cypress knees" usually develop in wet habitats. While there are many theories, scientists are unsure of the exact reason these knees form. |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) growing with pine trees McLean Savannah in Pender Co, NC 13 Sep 2009 | |
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) Planted landscape specimen in Durham Co, NC 2 Nov 2012 Shape of medium-sized open-grown tree in fall color. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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