Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Home
  • About JSWCD
    • History
    • Board of Supervisors >
      • Special Election Forms & Info
    • Staff
    • Newsletters
    • Conservation Partners
    • Contact JSWCD
    • Employment
  • Programs & Services
    • Education >
      • Envirothon
      • Fernwood State Forest Outdoor Days
      • Interactive Playground
      • Stream Monitoring
    • SWCD Watershed Program Grants
    • Septic Information >
      • Septic Information
      • (HSTS) Home Sewage Treatment System Repair/Replacement Program
    • Agriculture >
      • Grazing Management Minute
      • Pasture Walks
    • Urban >
      • Stream Permitting and Activities
      • Stormwater Pollution Prevention (SWP3) Review
      • Public Education/Outreach
      • Public Involvement/Participation
      • Construction Site Runoff
      • Post-Construction Stormwater Runoff
    • Watershed Home
    • Forestry
  • Activities
    • Farmers' gateway Market
    • Annual Meeting
    • Annual Awards
    • Contests >
      • Big Tree Contest
  • Sales
    • Native Tree & Shrub Sale
    • Plat Book and Wall Map
    • Soil Test Kit
    • Fish Sale
    • Site Fee
  • Piney Fork Trail
    • Piney Fork Trail Plank Sponsorship
  • Water Testing
  • Community Investment Plan
  • 2023 Native Tree and Shrub Sale
  • >
  • Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

SKU:
$30.87
$30.87
Unavailable
per item

Height: 50 to 70 feet             

Spread: 20 to 45 feet

Bloom Time: May to June     

Sun: Full sun

Non-evergreen conifer

Suggested Use: Wetlands, Wildlife, and Natural Areas

Tolerate: Black Walnut, Wet Soils and Deer

 

If you close your eyes and picture the Southern Bayou you will probably envision the Bald Cypress.

 

While the natural range of Bald Cypress extends from Delaware to Florida and west to southern Illinois and Louisiana, it is hardy as far north as Canada, and grows quite well in Ohio. First introduced into England by John Tradescant the Younger in his a garden along the River Thames near London during the 1640s. Mark Catesby, the 18th-century naturalist described it as the loftiest North American tree next to the Tulip Poplar.

 

Native American tribes used the Bald Cypress mainly for its wood and fiber. Many of these cultures used the cypress to create dugout canoes. The Seminole were particularly famous for this use of the Bald Cypress.

 

The name Bald Cypress refers to its deciduous nature, in that it drops is needles every year. Prone to swamps and most associated with the bayous of Louisiana the Bald Cypress has adapted to its environment by sending up portions of their roots to stand well above the ground or standing water to essentially breathe, these root features are known as “knobby knees.”

 

The Bald Cypress is an important part of keeping a swamp’s ecosystem in check. The Bald Cypress aides in water purification to the swamp. The Bald Cypress has the ability to remove excess nitrates and phosphates, which cause algae blooms that cause oxygen levels to decrease from its environment, while simultaneously introducing oxygen into the water through its knobby knees.

 

In the south and along the Mississippi and Ohio River valley the wood was prized for its rot resistance and was used for barrels, railroad ties, and shingles. An 1831, advertisement in Steubenville’s Western Herald newspaper offers cypress shingles for sale at the Steubenville Landing’s Business Office.

 

The Bald Cypress is a great tree for the landscape to provide texture in the summer months and winter interest with its fluted trunks and if in right conditions, knobby knees. The positive affects the tree has for wildlife has both a food source and a place for shelter should not be underestimated. Bald cypress is a great nesting and food source for over 19 species of birds. It serves as a host plant for 17 different varieties of butterflies and moths, among which is the Imperial moth. .■

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Google+
5 available
Add to Cart
Picture
GENERAL

​
About JSWCD

Contact Us
​Employment
Newsletters
Photo Gallery
​Minutes


PROGRAMS & SERVICES
Agriculture
Urban
Watersheds
Forestry
Education

RESOURCES

​NRCS
Oil & Gas
Links
​
Water Testing

Picture
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

500 Market Street . Mezzanine, Suite 4 . Steubenville, Ohio 43952                           Phone: (740) 264-9790
©2015 Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District.
All rights reserved