Taxodium distichum

Cupressaceae Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.

Etymology
Taxodium refers to ‘resembling Taxus’; indicating its foliage somewhat resembles that of Taxus species.
distichum refers to ‘distichous’; indicating its alternate needle arrangement.

Colloquial Name
Bald-cypress

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Taxodium distichum:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 74, ILL, MSO, OKL, 75, INI, 77, TEX, 78, ALA, ARK, DEL, FLA, GEO, KTY, LOU, MRY, MSI, NCA, SCA, TEN, VRG

Habitat
The natural habitats for Taxodium distichum are subtropical/tropical swampy forests, bogs/marshes/swamps/fens/peatlands . The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Taxodium distichum that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Taxodium distichum is hardy to USDA Zone 6 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -23.3C (-10F) to -17.8C (0F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Taxodium distichum is stable. There are no known threats for Taxodium distichum.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Taxodium distichum has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Taxodium distichum is Taxodium. The coordinate taxa for Taxodium distichum are therefore:

Taxodium distichum is further placed under Taxodioideae. Taxodium distichum is also placed under Cupressaceae.

Cultivars
‘Autumn Gold’, ‘Cajun Snow’, ‘Cajun Snowfall’, ‘Cascade Falls’, ‘Cave Hill’, ‘Cody’s Feathers’, ‘Compactum’, ‘Crazy Horse’, ‘Cristata’, ‘Debonair’, ‘Emerald Shadow’, ‘Fallingwater’, ‘Fastigiatum’, ‘Gee Wizz’, ‘Hursley Park’, ‘Little Leaf’, ‘Little Twister’, ‘Maroon Bells’, ‘Mickelson Shawnee Brave’, ‘Monarch of Illinois’, ‘Nanjing Beauty’, ‘Nanum’, ‘Nelson’, ‘Pendens’, ‘Pendulum’, ‘Pendulum Novum’, ‘Peve Minaret’, ‘Peve Yellow’, ‘Schloss Herten’, ‘Schwerin’, ‘Secrest’, ‘Shawnee BraveTM’, ‘Whippersnapper’, ‘Wooster Broom’