Taxodium distichum

Swamp Cypress, Bald Cypress

Features

• Soft feathery fern like foliage, mid green  in spring and summer.
• As the tree matures, the trunk becomes quite buttressed.
• A very long lived tree with the oldest specimen in North America at 1600 + years old.

 Uses

• Used in wet and swampy areas where there are few tree options.
• Great as a specimen tree in parks and large gardens.

Growing Conditions

• Very frost hardy.
• Moderately coastal and wind hardy.
• Grows in moist to swampy soil conditions.
• Prefers full sun to partial shade.