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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees
Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Large trees
- Maximum height
100 feet
- Relative growth rate
Good
- Freedom from insect pests
Excellent
- Freedom from disease problems
Excellent
- Resistance to storm damage
Good
- Will grow on poorly drained soil
Excellent
- Will grow in hot, dry areas
Good
- Easy to transplant
Very poor
- Withstands city conditions
Good
This fast-growing, pyramidal-shaped tree becomes rounded with age. The light green, fernlike leaves turn a rust color before they are shed in the fall. This tree has relatively few insect or disease problems and will grow on a wide variety of soil types. Bald cypress is difficult to move and should be transplanted while young.
G6800, revised June 2008
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