Taxodium distichum

ClassificationGymnosperms
FamilyCupressaceae
Family (Traditional)Cupressaceae
GenusTaxodium
Species:Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
Common NameBald Cypress; Cypress; Red Cypress; Southern Cypress; Swamp Cypress; White Cypress; Yellow Cypress
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Aquatic; General Ecology: Mudflat; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: Yes; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Petiole Type: subpetiolate; Leaf Rank: 2-ranked; Leaf Type: needle-like; Leaf Venation: one-veined; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Cupressus disticha Cupressus disticha L.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Clinton (KY), Daviess (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Floyd (KY), Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Rowan (KY), Union (KY), Wayne (KY), Benton (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Coffee (TN), Crockett (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Meigs (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Tipton (TN), Washington (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1937 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100034386 Lake Tennessee 24 Jul 1993 Susan Wind
155
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034212 Hickman Kentucky 28 Jun 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73D8.25
EKY
Taxodium distichum
ETSU001329 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Taxodium distichum
ETSU001327 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Taxodium distichum
ETSU001326 Hardeman Tennessee
ETSU
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002034 Hickman Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002033 Hickman Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002029 Fayette Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015652 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015634 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015664 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015645 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0012152 McLean Kentucky
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015633 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015636 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
31234100034402 Weakley Tennessee 29 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2097
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034188 Clinton Kentucky 02 Oct 1994 Timothy J. Weckman
1087
EKY
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000807 Wayne Kentucky 23 Aug 1978 Ralph L. Thompson, Patricia Thompson.
7523
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015651 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015655 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0012141 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015657 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015656 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015639 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015663 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0012151 Logan Kentucky
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015658 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015647 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015630 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015644 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
31234100034170 Clinton Kentucky 05 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-441
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034220 Hickman Kentucky 19 Oct 1997 Ross C. Clark
23830
EKY
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000805 Madison Kentucky 01 Oct 1982 Ralph L. Thompson
130
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
31973000004761 Obion Tennessee 18 Sep 1982 Utech, Frederick
82-489
KNK
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002030 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002032 Fulton Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002027 Clinton Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015627 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015659 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015643 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015650 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
UCHT006176 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003535 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT006175 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003534 Meigs Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
31234100034279 Muhlenberg Kentucky 05 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4873
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034246 Hickman Kentucky 27 Jun 1995 Randy Mowrer
7
EKY
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000803 Madison Kentucky 13 Jan 1995 Rudy A. Gelis, R. L. Thompson
54
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000802 Jackson Kentucky 01 Aug 2006 Ralph L. Thompson
06-410
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000806 Madison Kentucky 12 Jan 1992 R. L. Thompson
92- 86
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000804 Madison Kentucky 24 Aug 1961 Dan Pittillo
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002028 Fayette Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002026 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015649 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015642 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015648 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015653 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
005370 Hickman Kentucky
BOON
Taxodium distichum
HTTU000649 White Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
HTTU024369 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
31234100034204 Hickman Kentucky 12 Sep 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73F1.30
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034394 Weakley Tennessee 29 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2097
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034196 Daviess Kentucky 04 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5346
EKY
Taxodium distichum
ETSU001330 Davidson Tennessee
ETSU
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015637 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015632 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0012140 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003531 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT006173 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003536 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
HTTU014363 White Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
HTTU014364 Chester Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
HTTU000650 Kentucky
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
HTTU014362 White Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000908 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Aug 2000 Jerry Gragg
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
31234100034121 Calloway Kentucky 30 Nov 1982 Michael Woods
917
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034253 Madison Kentucky 30 Jul 1995 Hager Rice
25
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034261 Marshall Kentucky 25 May 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3488
EKY
Taxodium distichum
31234100034287 Union Kentucky 27 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5248
EKY
Taxodium distichum
MDKY00002031 Floyd Kentucky
MDKY
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015654 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015635 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003530 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
HTTU032910 Shelby Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000886 Rutherford Tennessee 29 Aug 1995 Jennifer Hutcherson
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000937 Lake Tennessee 17 Sep 1994 Amber Hicks
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000910 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Nov 1998 Spence Dowlen
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MEM001225 Lake Tennessee 10 May 1966 R. Barry Fox
106
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MEM020073 McNairy Tennessee 24 May 1981 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
2402
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000930 Davidson Tennessee 06 Sep 1984 Don Spires
003
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000929 Carter Tennessee 10 Sep 2005 Sheri Mersch
10
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000905 Williamson Tennessee 25 Oct 2002 Leah Crow
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000904 Franklin Tennessee
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
UCHT042160 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UTM00037 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
UTM00035 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
UTM00033 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
UTM02680 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
UTM00036 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
SWMT00350 Tennessee 15 May 1937 Self
SWMT
Taxodium distichum
SWMT00346 Shelby Tennessee 00 May 1979 Mimi Ward and Eline Toulon
SWMT
Taxodium distichum
SWMT00348 Tennessee
SWMT
Taxodium distichum
SWMT00349 Shelby Tennessee 14 May 1975 James H. Graves
n.s.
SWMT
Taxodium distichum
MEM002703 Livingston Kentucky 10 Jul 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
7681
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000934 Davidson Tennessee Becky Ivey
24
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000933 Davidson Tennessee 13 Oct 1979 James Michael Ary
31
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000893 Marshall Tennessee 09 Oct 2003 Mark Ventura
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000906 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Aug 2003 Juliana Wise Kyzar
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000931 Davidson Tennessee 28 Sep 1980 Becky Stevens
2
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
UCHT041941 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UOS08813 Franklin Tennessee 13 Oct 2009 Mary P Priestley
UOS
Taxodium distichum
MEM012976 Tipton Tennessee 03 Aug 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
259
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MEM007733 Shelby Tennessee 30 Oct 1970 John E. Thompson Jr.
9
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MEM016548 Lauderdale Tennessee 05 Jul 1972 Patrick Keiran
442
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000891 Williamson Tennessee 10 Nov 2003 Phillip Hulan
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000912 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Sep 1992 Kelly M. Skelton
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000917 Rutherford Tennessee Nov. 2010 Sean Casler
27
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015646 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003532 Jackson Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003528 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
HTTU030219 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
HTTU000648 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
HTTU000652 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000932 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Nov 1986 Kurt E. Blum
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000935 Davidson Tennessee 07 Oct 1979 WM Ponath
37
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000927 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Oct 2000 Angela Cathey
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000936 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Nov 1980 Barbra Johnson
3
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
UTM00034 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
UTM02577 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
UTM00038 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Taxodium distichum
31234100034238 Hickman Kentucky 21 Jun 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
4025
EKY
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015662 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015641 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015626 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015661 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015628 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015638 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015660 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003540 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
UCHT006174 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000898 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Nov 1991 Russell Gregg Garrison
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000892 Davidson Tennessee 11 Sep 2005 April V. Welch
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MEM016695 Crockett Tennessee 26 Jun 1980 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1035
MEM
Taxodium distichum
UCHT003537 Lauderdale Tennessee
UCHT
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000918 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Oct 1989 G. Todd Crabtree
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000907 Coffee Tennessee 14 Sep 2002 Peter Prestwich
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000914 Lake Tennessee Tom Stinson
26
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
N/A Madison Kentucky 06 Oct 2016 Laura H. Jessup
12
EKY
Taxodium distichum
MEM007414 Obion Tennessee 07 Oct 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72J4.1
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MEM015889 Lake Tennessee 13 Oct 1979 James R. Browne
156
MEM
Taxodium distichum
MEM007424 Obion Tennessee 06 Oct 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72J1.19
MEM
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000812 DeKalb Tennessee 08 Oct 1997 Ralph L. Thompson, Edward W. J. FitzGerald, Jr.
97- 613
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
BEREA000808 Weakley Tennessee 29 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman, Judith E. Rozeman
2097
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
BEREA023530 Calloway Kentucky 10 Jul 1998 Ralph L. Thompson
98-406
BEREA
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0012139 McLean Kentucky
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015631 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015640 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015665 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
TENN-V-0015629 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000909 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Nov 2000 Kurt E. Blum
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000911 Wilson Tennessee 02 Oct 1981 Wayne H. Ingram
2
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000924 Rutherford Tennessee 31 Aug 2000 Rebecca Frye
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000890 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Nov 1986 Lyle Mason
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
MTSU000903 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Sep 2008
MTSU
Taxodium distichum
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