Description | Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichun) is a narrow, pyramidal Bald Cypress cultivar. |
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Pronunciation | (taks-OH-di-um)(DIS-ti-kum) |
Plant Type | Trees Coniferous |
Hardiness Zone | 4-11 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, moist to wet |
Soil & Site | well drained, prefers acidic |
Fruit | forms small round cones |
Leaves | needles, soft, spirally on branch, bright yellow green in the spring, green in the summer, brown to oranges brown in the fall, deciduous |
Stems | straight central trunk with a strong leader |
Dimensions | 30-75 feet tall, |
Propagation | PP 3551 |
Cultivar Origin | Discovered in 1968 by Earl Cully of Jacksonville, Illinois USA. Registered in 1971 |