Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Baldcypress


Name: Taxodium distichum (taxodiaceae)
location found: manshack
Habitat: Fresh marsh


This is a large tree with a buttressed base and grows outward from the roots which is as so known as the knees of the tree. Its bark is fibrous and reddish-brown and the leaves are flat and feather like. They grow on elevated site which has firm soil. Salt water is its main natural enemy.

Karl Netzhammer

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