Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Taxodium distichum
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Common name:
Bald Cypress
Family:
Cupressaceae
Distribution:
Southeastern United States
Habitat:
swamps, bayous and rivers, primarily being found in coastal areas
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Hardiness:
Zone 4b -25 to -20 F
Life form:
Deciduous conifer
Usage:
Ornamental
Comments:
Bald cypress is a long-lived, pyramidal conifer which grows 50-70' tall. Although it looks like a needled evergreen in the summer, it is one of the few deciduous conifers. Soft, feathery, yellowish-green foliage (1/4" long, flat needles in two ranks) turns an attractive orange/cinnamon-brown in fall. Rounded, wrinkled, 1 inch diameter, purplish-green cones mature to brown. Trunks are buttressed at the base, and when growing in water, often develop distinctive, knobby root growths which protrude above the water surface around the tree.
Best grown in average, medium to wet, moisture retentive but reasonably well-drained soils in full sun. Prefers moist, acidic, sandy soils, but tolerates a wide range of soil conditions ranging from somewhat dry soils to wet soils in standing water.
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1:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1933-332/1
2:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-024/1
3:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-033/1
4:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-037/1
5:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-039/1
6:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-040/1
7:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-041/1
8:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-042/1
9:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-043/1
10:
200 s, 600 e
(ST 200,600)
• Accession: 1988-331/1
11:
2000 s, 300 e
(ST 2000,300)
• Accession: 2015-361/1 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild
12:
2000 s, 300 e
(ST 2000,300)
• Accession: 2015-361/4 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild
13:
2000 s, 300 e
(ST 2000,300)
• Accession: 2015-361/5 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild
14:
400 s, 800 e
(ST 400,800)
• Accession: 1933-603/1
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Herbarium
(HERB)
• Accession: 1933-603
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Individual