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Taxodium distichum (L.) L.C. Rich
Bald cypress

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Cupressaceae

Group: Gymnosperm

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. See a 2018 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on the galls created by the Cypress Twig Gall Midge on Bald Cypress.

Other data on Taxodium distichum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Taxodium distichum has been found in the following 46 conservation areas :
Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Barley Barber Swamp	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Recorded as Present in Error
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Recorded as Present in Error
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Cypress Knee Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Doubtfully Present
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Ridge	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Okeeheelee Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Recorded as Present in Error
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Warbler Wetland Natural Area	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Recorded as Present in Error
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Recorded as Present in Error

	Occurrence	Native Status
Taxodium distichum has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native