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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Taxodium distichum
 
 
 CLASS:    CONIFEROPSIDA
 ORDER:    CONIFERALES
 FAMILY:   TAXODIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Taxodium distichum
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Rich.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BALD CYPRESS
    GULF CYPRESS
    SOUTHERN CYPRESS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: TADI2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         WET
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
         TYPICAL SWAMP
       LISTED
         DOMINANT
     CULTURAL
       RESTORATION
         FOREST
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     SOUTHERN
        Bottomland
           listed
           Baldcypress
           Baldcypress - Water Tupelo
           Water Tupelo
           Sweetgum - Willow Oak
           Black Willow
        Other Southern types
           Sweetgum - Yellow poplar
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Wabash Border
        Bottomlands
        listed
     Lower Miss. R. Bottomlands
        Southern
        listed
     Coastal Plain
        Bottomlands
        listed
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       GALLATIN        HARDIN          JACKSON         JOHNSON
   LAWRENCE        MASSAC          POPE            PULASKI         RANDOLPH
   RICHLAND        SALINE          UNION           WABASH
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Conifer
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF SHAPE:     Needle-shaped
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FRUIT:   No
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Spherical, wrinkled cones; light green deciduous needles with a
     feathery appearance; base of trunk often swollen; roots producing
     "knees" above water; also produces scale-like leaves.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Uncommon
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           No data entered
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           Good
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    Good
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS No data entered    GENTLE SLOPES  No data entered
          MODERATE SLOPE No data entered    STEEP SLOPES   No data entered
     HABITAT:   Emergent aquatic   Wet
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Wind
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO     LANDSCAPING:  YES
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:  Unknown
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:  Unknown
         WATERFOWL VALUE:    Good   -   Fruit
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     SHORT-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Poor
 
     LONG-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     2,14,16,18,19,21,25,27,28,29,and 32.
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Form- balled and burlapped, seedlings, bare roots, seeds.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
Schwegman, J. E., G. D. Fell, M. Hutchison, G. Paulson, W. M. Shepherd, and
     J. White.  1973.  Comprehensive plan for the Illinois Nature Preserves
     System.  Part 2 - The Natural Divisions of Illinois.  Illinois Nature
     Preserves Commission, Springfield.  32 pp., plus map.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
Miller, R. B., and L. R. Tehon.  1929.  The native and naturalized trees of
     Illinois.  Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 18: 1-340.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Taxodium distichum
 
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