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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taxodium distichum   FAMILY Cupressaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxodium distichum   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Taxodium distichum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Taxodium distichum var. distichum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 017-01-001:

Taxodium distichum   FAMILY Taxodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Taxodium distichum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bald Cypress


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p14

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_096

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tadi2_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_tadi2_008_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_tadi2_009_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0402d_23

February    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Knees are more narrowly conical & sharp-pointed than knees of pond cypress, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


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JK Marlow    jkm0402d_32

February    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Bark brown, fibrous or shreddy on young trunks, thickening with age, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm090221_003

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Pollen cones produced in elongated, drooping catkins 3-5" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Mark A. Musselman    mam_cypress062906

June    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

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Mark A. Musselman    mam_youngoldcypres062906

June    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm140816_668

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

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Mark A. Musselman    mam_knee081309a

August    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

Knees to 2m tall, usually narrowly conical, w thinner bark over reddish tip, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Paul Thompson    psttaxodium_distichum

September?        

Leaves in two ranks on deciduous branchlets. — Clemson Extension

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Mark A. Musselman    mam_1000yrtree111606f

November    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

Thousand-year-old tree at Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

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JK Marlow    s071108_f

November    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Leaves are linear, flat, and 2-ranked, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtdistichum_biedler

Month Unknown        SC

The deciduous side twigs mostly featherlike, with flat spreading needles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).


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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtdistichum_lakmarion1

Month Unknown        SC

Lake Marion

Mature seed cones nearly round, 3/4-1" in diameter, opening at maturity, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtdistichum_lakmarion4

Month Unknown        SC

Lake Marion

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtdistichum_oldg

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taxodium distichum   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxodium distichum   FAMILY Cupressaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taxodium distichum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Taxodium distichum var. distichum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 017-01-001:
Taxodium distichum   FAMILY Taxodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Taxodium distichum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1488

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: brownwater and blackwater swamps, usually in riverine situations, depressions in bottomland forests, lake margins, river banks, rarely in wooded seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous conifer
Alternate

"FLOWER":
Spring
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Fall

 

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