Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
Bald cypress, baldcypress, cypress, southern cypress, white-cypress, red-cypress, swamp cypress, pond cypress, bald-cypress, southern-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, gulf-cypress, pondcypress
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Coniferophyta | Conifers—cone-bearing trees (and a few shrubs) |
Class | Pinopsida | Gymnosperms such as cedars, Douglas-firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews |
Order | Pinales | Cone-bearing plants: cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, yew, and others |
Family | Cupressaceae | Cypres family, including junipers and redwoods |
Genus | Taxodium | From the Latin Taxus meaning yew and the Greek eidos meaning resemblance from a similarity of leaf shape. |
Species | distichum | In two ranks |
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4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida
4/11/2015 · Kirby Storter Park Boardwalk, Everglades National Park, Florida
8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)
4/11/2015 · Loop Road, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm)
4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm)
4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 13 × 9″ (33 × 22 cm)
4/6/2002 · Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee · By Constance B. Kent ID is uncertain
4/11/2015 · Loop Road, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 25 cm)
4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida
4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 21 cm)
4/11/2015 · Loop Road, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
4/11/2015 · Big Cypress Bend, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)
4/11/2015 · Kirby Storter Park Boardwalk, Everglades National Park, Florida
8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 2 × 1′ (59 × 39 cm)
4/11/2015 · Big Cypress Bend, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)
4/11/2015 · Kirby Storter Park Boardwalk, Everglades National Park, Florida
4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida
4/11/2015 · Big Cypress Bend, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. nutans (Aiton) Sweet
Taxodium distichum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 11 Jul 2023.
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