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Bald cypress

Native

Taxodium distichum

Cypress (Cupressaceae) · Conifer · 60–100 ft

Knowing it

A conifer that drops its feathery needles each fall, with buttressed trunks and knees rising from swamp water. Native to the Bootheel and lower Mississippi lowlands; planted statewide.

What a tree company sees

Strong, rot-resistant wood; knees in a lawn are a mowing problem. Handles wet yards well.

Recorded in 69 counties

From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.