Bald Cypress Tree Facts (Taxodium distichum)
The bark of the Bald Cypress is considered an exfoliating bark, meaning that it naturally peels away to reveal a new layer of bark underneath. Bald Cypress bark is reddish-brown and peels away in long strips, it has a very fibrous texture.
Taxodium distichum (Baldcypress, Bald Cypress, Cypress, …
The bald cypress is a low-maintenance tree with easy fall cleanup. It has a large taproot and is slightly salt tolerant. The roots develop knobby, conical "knees" or "cypress knees" that usually occur when the tree is grown near or in water most of the time.
Taxodium distichum - Wikipedia
Insects such as the cypress flea beetle (Systena marginalis) and the bald cypress leafroller (Archips goyerana) can seriously damage trees by destroying leaves, cones or bark. Nutrias also clip and unroot young bald cypress seedlings, sometimes killing a whole plantation in a short amount of time.
Bald Cypress – A Complete Profile On This Native Tree
The Bald Cypress tree is a deciduous conifer native to the Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. Scientifically known as Taxodium distichum, it grows 100-120′ tall in full sun and wet to medium-moist soil.
Bald Cypress - National Wildlife Federation
Although many conifers are evergreen, bald cypress trees are deciduous conifers that shed their needlelike leaves in the fall. In fact, they get the name “bald” cypress because they drop their leaves so early in the season. Their fall colors are tan, cinnamon, and fiery orange. The bark is brown or gray with a stringy texture.
Bald cypress is a large, slow-growing but long-lived, deciduous conifer, which frequently reaches 100 to 120 feet in height and 3 to 6 feet in diameter. Its trunk is massive, tapered and buttressed. The leaves are alternate, linear and flat with blades …
Baldcypress - Grow Native!
A deciduous conifer with a pyramidal form. Medium-fine, needle-like leaves are soft green in summer then turn rusty brown in winter and drop from the tree. Reddish brown fibrous bark. Forms woody knees in shallow water and in wet poorly drained soil. Great choice for heavy clay soils or urban plantings where soil oxygen is low.