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Taxodium Distichum – ‘Bald Cypress’Aka: Bald CypressCommon Name: bald cypressZone: 4 to 9Plant Type: TreeFamily: TaxodiaceaeNative Range: Southeastern United StatesHeight: 50 to 70 feetSpread: 20 to 45 feetBloom Time: Non-floweringBloom Color: BrownSun: Full sunWater: Medium to wetMaintenance: LowGeneral Culture:Easily grown in average, medium to wet, moisture retentive but reasonably well-drained soils infull sun. Prefers moist, acidic, sandy soils, but tolerates a wide range of soil conditions rangingfrom somewhat dry soils to wet soils in standing water.Noteworthy Characteristics:Bald cypress is a long-lived, pyramidal conifer (cone-bearing tree) which grows 50-70' tall (lessfrequently to 125'). Although it looks like a needled evergreen (same family as redwoods) insummer, it is deciduous ("bald" as the common name suggests). It is native to southern swamps,bayous and rivers, primarily being found in coastal areas from Maryland to Texas and in thelower Mississippi River valley to as far north as the southeast corner of Missouri. In the deepSouth, it is a familiar sight growing directly in swampy water, often in large strands, with itsbranches heavily draped with Spanish moss. In cultivation, however, it grows very well in drier,- 59 -