Taxodium distichum var. distichum
Common names: Bald-cypress
Synonyms: Taxodium distichum var. nutans
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Revision as of 19:50, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
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.