Taxodium distichum

Taxodium distichum grows in full sunlight to partial shade. This species grows best in wet or well-drained soil but can tolerate dry soil. It is moderately able to grow in aerosols of salt water. Trunks are buttressed (flared or fluted) at the base, and when growing in water, often develop distinctive, knobby root growths ("knees") which protrude above the water surface around the tree.

Similar plants:

• Taxodium mucronatum, Taxodium mexicanum, Cuprespinnata mexicana (Montezuma Baldcypress, Mexican Cypress, Tree of Tule)
• Taxodium sp. (Bald Cypress)