This is planted around the FSU campus in a few places, especially in low lying areas near drains and ditches. A few nice examples occur just to the west of the tennis courts. It is normally associated with swamps in SE coastal plain region of North America - Delaware to Texas. It occurs statewide in Florida but not in the southern most counties. Good examples occur at Wakulla Springs.
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| Deciduous bald cypress growing in Wakulla Springs |
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| The buttressed roots of bald cypress. |
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| Fruit of bald cypress |
Description: Grows tall and straight to about 40 m in height with some trees having large buttresses. Deciduous. Leaves: Green 8-20 mm long - feather like in appearance. Fruit: globose cones.
Similar to: Pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) is similar but the pond cypress in form but the leaves are short 3-6 mm (needle like in appearance) and appressed to the supporting branchlets.
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| Pond cypress leaves and fruit. |
Map of bald cypress on the FSU campus - click for more information.
