Taxodium distichum (bald cypress, baldcypress, bald-cypress, cypress, southern-cypress, white-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, Gulf-cypress, red-cypress, or swamp cypress) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils in the lowlands of the Southeastern and Gulf Coastal Plains of the United States.
Form | tree |
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Fruit type | Cone |
Fruit color | Brown |
Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous |
Leaf shape | Needles |
Bark color | Brown, Gray, Red |
Bark texture | Fibrous, Scaly |