Identity
Category :
Arbre remarquable
Latin name :
Taxodium distichum
French name :
Cyprès chauve
Dutch name :
Moerascipres
English name :
Bald cypress
Family :
Taxaceae
Height :
28 m
Targeted height :
This species can grow up to 35–45 m
Diameter of the crown :
10 m
Trunk circumference :
261 cm
Expected circumference :
500 cm
Expected longevity :
Can live for more than 1200 years, perhaps up to 3000 years in its area of origin
Origin / Indigenous
South-eastern USA
Favorite soil :
Likes damp soils
Favorite climate
Temperate, warm (and preferably damp), but adapts to cool temperate climates
Usefulness and services of the tree :
Enhances the landscape :
+++
trio that adorns the edge of the pond
Enhances the biodiversity :
++
relatively rare species
Provide oxygen :
++
large leaf area in summer
Purify the air :
++
group effect
Filter the water :
+++
appreciate moist soils
Prevents flooding :
+++
pump and sweat a lot of water
Stores carbon :
++
very strong and durable wood
Softens the climate :
++
shades the walk around the pond
Limits soil erosion :
+++
stabilize the banks
Does good, heals :
ornamental species
Collection of the Belgian Federal State on permanent loan to the Meise Botanical Garden: Mouillefert, Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, Atlas, pl. 32bis, 1892-1898
Features and characters of the individual
This bald cypress grows in duo with another cypress, the flamobyant (2) at the water's edge. See his neighbour's card: https://www.woodwideweb.be/en/atlas/181.html And then go in search of the other bald cypresses around the pond;)
