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Wetland and Aquatic Plants
of
Oklahoma
Interactive Keys: Woody
1.
Conifers
Swamp Cypress (Taxodiaceae)
Bald
Cypress (Taxodium
distichum (L.) L.C.)
Native perennial.
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Notes: The Choctaws wove the bark into cords. The wood is extremely resistant to decay and
is widely used in structures that are exposed to wet conditions. Bald
cypress
grows well in cities and is used as a landscape tree. The presettlement
range
in Oklahoma was along the Little River and its tributaries in McCurtain
county,
but it has been planted in numerous other places and seems to have
become
established in LeFlore and Cherokee Counties.
NWI status:
OBL
Last update: 2/03/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland
bhoagland@ou.edu
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