Latin: Taxodium distichum
Other common names: baldcypress, common bald-cypress, gulf cypress, red cypress, tidewater red cypress, white cypress, yellow cypress, cypress, swamp cypress
Mature Height: 100-125 ft.
Soil / Climate: common in swampland, but not confined to it. Takes extremely wet condtions, even swamps. Although it grows best in warm climates, larger trees are able to tolerate much lower temperatures and lower humidities.
Notes: Deciduous conifer. Attractive fern-like foliage. Distinctive shade tree for parks, groves, estates, it’s seeds also provide food for squirrels and other wildlife.
Cold Stream Farm supplies Bald Cypress trees which are grown as bare root seedlings and transplants and sold both wholesale and retail with no minimum order.
