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Cupressaceae
Bald-cypress
Taxodium distichum
Also known as Cupressus laeta, Cuprespinnata disticha, Southern cypress, Swamp cypress
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Deciduous Conifer · Wetland Tree · Large Tree · Fall Color · Pond Edge · Native Tree · Landscape Tree · Cypress · Flood Tolerant · Outdoor
Bald-cypress is a tough, deciduous conifer that thrives in moist to wet soils and full sun, making it ideal for rain gardens, pond edges, or large landscapes. Once established it requires very little supplemental watering and tolerates periodic flooding as well as occasional drought. Its feathery, soft needles turn a beautiful russet-orange in autumn before dropping, providing year-round interest.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep watering to saturate the root zone; tolerates seasonal flooding · Every 7-10 days during establishment; rainfall sufficient once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–6
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 480 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Delaware, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle
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