Taxon:  Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. distichum



Summary
Genus:
Taxodium
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:
400135
Verified:
07/06/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
28 (27  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. (19 active accession[s])
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. imbricarium (Nutt.) H. B. Croom (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cupressus disticha L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cupressus disticha L. var. disticha

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cupressus disticha L. var. nutans Aiton
Taxodium ascendens Brongn. f. nutans (Aiton) Rehder

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Embryo drawing

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature Note: = Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
  2. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 124-128.
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
  4. Lickey, E. B. & G. L. Walker. 2002. Population genetic structure of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum [L.] Rich. var. distichum) and pondcypress (T. distichum var. imbricarium [Nuttall] Croom): biogeographic and taxonomic implications. SouthE. Naturalist 1:131-148.
  5. Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States
  6. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Tsumura, Y. et al. 1999. Genetic diversity and differentiation of Taxodium in the south-eastern United States using cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences. Heredity 83:229-238.
  9. Watson, F. D. 1985. The nomenclature of pondcypress and baldcypress (Taxodiaceae). Taxon 34:508.
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  11. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
  12. 2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbald-cypress  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishGulf-cypress  1Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 124-128.
Englishmarsh-cypress  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishred-cypress  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishsouthern-cypress  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
Englishswamp-cypress  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishwhite-cypress  1Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 124-128.
Englishyellow-cypress  1Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 124-128.
Italiancipresso calvo  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Italiancipresso delle paludi  2Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Swedishsumpcypress  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseluo yu shan  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreannagusong  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridahttp://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=929FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=929), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. 2:404.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 124-128.
MaterialswoodtimberFarjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 124-128.
MaterialswoodtimberLittle, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400135. Accessed 12 May 2026.