Origin: Eastern United States
Family: Taxodiaceae
English name: Bald cypress
French name: Cyprès chauve
Italian name: Cipresso calvo
Spanish name: Ciprés de los pantanos
Description
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This deciduous tree is bald, as the common name suggests. Taxodium is Greek for yew-like, which refers to a family of generally small trees prized for their hard timber. Distichum, means two-ranked and refers to the two rows in which the leaves grow. Cypress is also known as the eternal timber because the heartwood is resistant to decay. |
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