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   Taxodium distichum                                            Swamp Cypress                                                

Deciduous, columnar conical shaped conifer with dark green, alternate flat linear/lance leaves ranked in 2's. Produces green female spherical cones, turning brown in autumn; male cones, pendant red appear in winter.

Fibrous dark red bark with deep fissures running vertically

Height 40m

Spread 9m

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