Difference between revisions of "Taxodium distichum var. distichum"
Common names: Bald-cypress
Synonyms: Taxodium distichum var. nutans
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 5 November 2020
Trees to 50 m; trunk to 4 m diam. Bark usually dark reddish brown to light brown with shallow furrows. Branchlets mostly with leaves in 2 ranks, pendent to horizontally spreading. Leaves mostly narrowly linear, ca. 5–17 mm, laterally divergent, free portion contracted and twisted basally. 2n = 22.
Habitat: Brownwater rivers, lake margins, and swamps, occasionally in slightly brackish water
Elevation: 0–160 m (to 500 m in Tex.)
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.
Discussion
This variety and var. mexicanum exhibit continuous morphologic integradation and are distinguished on the basis of phenology and distribution.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.