Common Name: Bald Cypress                 

Scientific Name: Taxodium distichum 

Location: Spalding Circle.

Size: 7 inches diameter at breast height

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This tree typically grows to:  60-90 feet tall and 20-40 feet wide 

This tree prefers these conditions:  Full sun and medium to wet soils

Special about this tree:  

• This is a conifer that sheds its leaves in fall, which is where the “bald” comes from.
• Foliage is soft, feathery “needles,” which are pale green in summer, and turn deep copper in fall before falling.
• Produces 1-inch diameter round cones.
• Common in the wild in swampy areas, and can produce “knees,” or knobby root stumps that grow vertically above the soil or water line.
• Resistant to deer

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