baldcypress

Taxodium distichum

Summary 2

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.

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  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium_distichum

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iNat Map

Form tree
Fruit type Cone
Fruit color Brown
Evergreen or deciduous Deciduous
Leaf shape Needles
Bark color Brown, Gray, Red
Bark texture Fibrous, Scaly