Taxodium distichum - Wikipedia
Taxodium distichum (baldcypress, [3] [4] [5] bald-cypress, [6] bald cypress, swamp cypress; French: cyprès chauve; cipre in Louisiana) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae.It is native to the southeastern United States. Hardy and tough, this tree adapts to a wide range of soil types, whether wet, salty, dry, or swampy.
Cypress Swamps - U.S. National Park Service
2023年11月28日 · Cypress swamps are communities that are dominated by bald cypress trees. These ecosystems assume differences in response to abiotic and biotic factors. The big cypress swamp, much of which is in Big Cypress National Preserve, is mostly composed of …
Taxodium distichum (Baldcypress, Bald Cypress, Cypress, Swamp Cypress …
It is native to southern swamps, bayous, and rivers, primarily being found in coastal areas from Maryland to Texas and in the lower Mississippi River valley to as far north as the southeast corner of Missouri.
Bald Cypress - National Wildlife Federation
The bald cypress is a native tree to the southeastern United States that grows in the Mississippi Valley drainage basin, along the Gulf Coast, and up the coastal plain to the mid-Atlantic states. Bald cypresses are well-adapted to wet conditions along riverbanks and swamps.
To save a dying swamp, Louisiana aims to restore the Mississippi …
1 天前 · The 176 square mile (456 square kilometers) Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana’s second largest contiguous forest, a beloved state wildlife refuge filled with water tupelo and bald cypress trees, their branches adorned by wisps of Spanish moss. A beloved recreation site, the swamp also houses bald eagles, ospreys ...
Cypress Swamp, Milepost 122 - U.S. National Park Service
2024年4月5日 · Water tupelo and bald cypress trees can live in deep water for long periods. After taking root in the summer when the swamp is nearly dry, the seedlings can stay alive in water deep enough to kill other plants. The trail at this location leads through an …
Louisiana’s Maurepas Swamp Gets a Much-needed Revival
2 天之前 · Caterpillar outbreaks on the two dominant tree species in Maurepas Swamp, bald cypress and water tupelo, can defoliate large expanses of forest in some years. Although this may seem alarming, these caterpillars only have one generation per year, and the trees quickly regrow leaves after the outbreak is finished by late summer.
Taxodium distichum (L - US Forest Service Research and …
Variety distichum, commonly called baldcypress, cypress, southern -cypress, swamp-cypress, red-cypress, yellow-cypress, white-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, or gulf-cypress, is more widespread and typical of the species. Its range extends westward into Texas and northward into Illinois and Indiana.
Bald cypress | Facts & Description | Britannica
bald cypress, (Taxodium distichum), ornamental and timber conifer (family Cupressaceae) native to swampy areas of southern North America. The wood of the bald cypress is valued for its water-resistance and is known as pecky, or peggy, cypress in the lumber trade when it contains small, attactive holes caused by a fungus .
One of the most resilient trees on Earth is dying in droves
2023年8月15日 · Bald cypress trees can grow 150 feet tall and, like trees in the Amazon rainforest, can create entirely new aerial ecosystems far above the swamp floor.