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Taxodium (distichum)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Taxodiaceae
Family Common Name: Bald cypress family
Scientific Name: Taxodium distichum (L.) L.C. Rich.
Common Name: Bald cypress
Species Code: TAXDIS
General Distribution: T. distichum is fund in the southern United States.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are cold stratified for 112 days and germinate at 21/18 C.
References: Biswas, P. K., Bonamy, P. A. and Paul, K. B. (1972). Germination promotion of loblolly pine and baldcypress seeds by stratification and chemical treatments. Physiol. Plant. 27, 71-76.
In: Baskin, C. and Baskin, J. Table 10.15 Chapter 10. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination. Academic Press, 1998. 666

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Taxodium distichum (L.) L.C. Rich. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/19). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.