Bald Cypress
Arbor walk #37, Treekeeper ID #2507
The ‘Mickelson’ is a cultivar of the Bald Cypress, and has a narrower shape and denser foliage than the native species.
The Bald Cypress is the state tree of Louisiana. Despite its resemblance to a needled evergreen tree in the summer, it is actually deciduous. Although it’s a familiar sight around swampy areas in the Deep South, the tree is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions and does well even in drier, upland soils. It can be natively found in low-lying wetland areas throughout the lower Mississippi River Valley – including as far north as the southeastern corner of Missouri.
| Common Name | Bald Cypress |
|---|---|
| Latin Name | Taxodium distichum |
| Indigenous Name(s) | |
| Cultivar/Variety | ‘Mickelson’ |
| Commercial Name | Shawnee Brave |
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More about Tree #37:
Data on the space around this tree
More about Bald Cypress in general:
Relationship of Taxodium distichum to other species in the Arboretum