Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) in September. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2014-09-19, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) foliage detail in May. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2018-05-28, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) fruit in August. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2015-08-16, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) barki in February. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2018-02-20, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) foliage in November. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2014-11-08, National Arboretum.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) grove in November. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2014-11-08, National Arboretum.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) foliage detail in November. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2014-11-08, National Arboretum.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) bark with Eastern gray squirrel in July. Photo © Mary Free, 2017-07-04, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Arlington, VA.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) trunk and knees, December. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2015-12-06, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) knees in October. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2015-10-25, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Found along wet stream banks, swamps, and river bottoms, Bald Cypress has a root system, which often produces irregular structures called “knees” that rise above the ground or water’s surface. The tree is referred to as “bald” since it is deciduous, losing its foliage in the winter. Learn more . . .
