index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) PINOPHYTINA CLASS PINOPSIDA ORDER PINALES Family CUPRESSACEAE (cypress family)
Genus Taxodium

Genus Taxodium

BBALLBLU.GIF Jurassic
BBALLBLU.GIF Southern US

BBALLBLU.GIF Shoots are flat in a single plane
Twisted at the base


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RULERMAR RULERYEL Species Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress
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Species Taxodium distichum
swamp Cypress
BBALLBLU.GIF Texas, Missippi
BBALLBLU.GIF Silt-rich flood deposits.

RULERYEL Species Taxodium ascendens - Pond Cypress
BBALLBLU.GIF North Carolina, Louisiana


RULERYEL Species Taxodium mucronatum - Montezuma Cypress
BBALLBLU.GIF Mexico
BBALLBLU.GIF Evergreen
BBALLBLU.GIF Wide tree: 33ft world record
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