 | Taxodium distichum var. distichum Common NamesBald-cypress, southern-cypress (1).Taxonomic notesSyn: Taxodium distichum var. nutans (Aiton) Sweet (1).DescriptionTrees to 50 m tall and 400 cm dbh. "Bark usually dark reddish brown to light brown with shallow furrows. Branchlets mostly with leaves in 2 ranks, pendent to horizontally spreading. Leaves mostly narrowly linear, ca. 5-17 mm, laterally divergent, free portion contracted and twisted basally. 2n= 22."This variety and var. mexicanum exhibit continuous morphologic integradation and are distinguished on the basis of phenology and distribution" (1). RangeUSA: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia at 0-500 m elevation in brownwater rivers, lake margins, and swamps, occasionally in slightly brackish water (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Watson, Frank D. at the Flora of North America web page. |
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