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Bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

Photo by LisaPowers
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Field Notes

Description:

A deciduous conifer that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils of the Southeastern and Gulf Coastal Plains of the United States. It is still waiting to leaf out here in this photo.

Habitat:

Reelfoot Lake, TN

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Mission
Biodiversity of SouthEastern US
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedApril 8, 2014

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