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Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.)

Also known as baldcypress.

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Summary

A large, decidiuous conifer of wetlands, native to the southeastern U.S.

Range - Expand

LegendColor
Native
Expanded
Native or Not Present
Introduced or Not Present
Native or Expanded
Expanded or Not Present
Native or Expanded or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.

This plant is widely planted in landscaping and sometimes escapes into the wild. It has established numerous populations north and west of its native range; we mark most of these as expanded because of their loose proximity to its native range and a broad pattern of establishment, but we mark the Utah population as introduced because it is isolated by large distances.