Common Name - Bald Cypress

Scientific Name - Taxodium distichum


Description: gray, nearly rounded with a wrinkled surface, 0.8 to 1 inch in diameter; single or in pairs at end of twig, shedding scales in fall. Pollen cones tiny, in long, narrow clusters to 4 inches. Bald Cypress Tree Summer Developing Cone
The Bald Cypress Tree Fruit (Cone)

Description:
gray, nearly rounded with a wrinkled surface, 0.8 to 1 inch in diameter; single or in pairs at end of twig, shedding scales in fall.  Pollen cones tiny, in long, narrow clusters to 4 inches.
     Seeds:  2 winged, horny, light brown seeds under each rhomboid scale.

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