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Also called cypress, southern-cypress, ◼︎ white-cypress, ♒︎ ◼︎ tidewater red-cypress, Gulf-cypress and ♒︎ swamp cypress.
Part of flood-tolerant cypress genus Taxodium in cypress family Cupressaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
One of the few 🍃︎🌲︎ deciduous conifers (joined only by larch genus Larix ), probably earning this plant its common name "bald".
Native to the southern 🇺🇸 USA. 🌎︎ Map (scroll down) 🌎︎ Map (.pdf). 🌲︎ State tree of Louisiana.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
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🌲︎ conifers with needles arranged singly 🍃︎ dormant 🌲︎ conifers (some order Pinales)
cypress family Cupressaceae larch genus Larix