Taxodium distichum

bald cypress, cypress, swamp cypress

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Family

Taxodiaceae

Region

Coastal Plain

States

Delaware, Maryland, Virginia

Plant Type

Tall Tree (Canopy)

Height

50 - 100ft

Spread

20 - 35ft

Flower Color

Purple

Fruit

Cone/Cone-like; Brown

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Soil Texture

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Soil Moisture

Wet

Blooms

March - April

Fall Color

purple to brown

Habitat

brown and blackwater rivers, lake and pond margins, swamps, coastal marshes, pocosins, river bottoms

Notes

deciduous conifer

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