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Arboretum
"A man does not plant a tree for himself, he plants it for posterity." - Alexander Smith
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Bald Cypress
(Taxodium distichum)
Donated by
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Nashville, IL
Tree Map Location: #
15
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Leaf:
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Linear and small, 1/4 to 3/4 inch long, generally appearing two-ranked. When growing on deciduous branchlets the leaf-deciduous branchlet structure resembles a feathery pinnately (or bi-pinnately) compound leaf; green to yellow-green.
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Flower:
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Males in drooping, long panicles; females are subglobose, have peltate scales, and tend to occur near the end of branches.
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Fruit:
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Cones are composed of peltate scales forming a woody, brown sphere with rough surfaces, 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter; cones disintegrate into irregular seeds.
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Twig:
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May be deciduous or not; non-deciduous twigs are slender, alternate, brown, rough, with round buds near the end of the twig; deciduous twigs are two-ranked, resembling pinnately compound leaves.
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Bark:
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Fibrous, red-brown but may be gray where exposed to the weather; old, thick bark may appear somewhat scaly.
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Form:
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A large tree with a pyramid-shaped crown, cylindrical bole, fluted or buttressed base and often with knees.
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Source:
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College of Natural Resource Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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To participate in the Kaskaskia College Arboretum please contact:
Office of Institutional Advancement
618-545-3069
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