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Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum · Conifer
Bald Cypress is a moderate-growing conifer, hardy in USDA zones 4-9, that matures to about 8–20 ft × 5–8 ft. It does best in full sun with high water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-wet soil. It attracts small mammals and songbirds, stands up well to deer and erosion and fire.
- USDA zones
- 4-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 8–20 ft × 5–8 ft
- Spacing
- 24–60 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Foliage
- Yellow, Green
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Small mammals, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Erosion, Fire, Pollution, Salt, Wind, Wet soil
- Native to
- Eastern North America from DE to FL, west to Texas and Mexico
Will it survive your winters?
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