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Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum · Cupressaceae · 낙우송

How to spot it

A deciduous conifer whose flat leaves look two-ranked. Old trees have a widened trunk base.

Look

Leaves
Flat, linear leaves look like two rows on the twigs and turn orange-brown in fall.
Flowers
Male cones hang in slender clusters; female cones are borne singly or in twos or threes.
Fruit
Round cones ripen from green to purplish brown; after maturity the scales break off irregularly and release seeds with thick coats.
Bark
Fibrous bark peels in long, narrow vertical strips.

Where it grows

In Korea
Planted
Native to
Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the southeastern United States and the Mississippi River valley.
Ecology
Grows in swamps and along rivers and tolerates long flooding. Seeds feed waterfowl, squirrels and others.

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