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Baldcypress

Taxodium distichum

Description

Large needleleaf deciduous, cone-bearing tree 80-100 ft high, with long straight trunk, much enlarged and buttressed at base, often angled and with cone-shaped “knees” from submerged roots. Common and dominant in wet soils bordering streams and lakes. Baldcypress is a handsome large shade and ornamental tree introduced northward in Oklahoma not only along lakes but in drier upland soils of cities. The distinctive “knees” are absent away from water. 

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    $1.00

  • SKU: 15
  • Type: None
  • Hardiness Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
  • Moisture Zones: All, but Panhandle
  • Soil Type: Clay, Silt
  • Windbreak: Fair
  • Erosion Control: Good
  • Wildlife: Good
  • Product Type: Bare-Root Seedlings

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USDA Hardiness Zones

The primary guide to determine plant hardiness is the USDA Hardiness Zone Map, which divides the United States into ten zones based on average minimum temperatures. Each zone is then subdivided into A and B sections. A plant is said to be hardy if it can tolerate the lowest average winter temperature that occurs in a zone. Hardiness is affected by duration and intensity of sunlight; amount and timing of rainfall; length and severity of summer drought; soil characteristics; slope; frost occurrence; humidity; and cultural practices.

For more information or questions contact your nearest forester for advice.