Taxodium distichum--FL. Polk Co. Cypress Gardens. 10 Jan 03. 009.jpg
Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Tunisia, Uruguay (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, Florida, Polk
Location Remarks
Cypress Gardens
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Japan, Chubu, Aichi (Toyota, Iwakuracho)
35.039167, 137.185
Location Remarks
Foresta Hills. Address: 1-1, Ipponmatsu, Iwakura-cho, Toyota-shi. 10 minutes drive from Head office of Toyota Motor Corporation Ltd., but there is also access from the Isewangan Expressway, Tokai-Kanjo Expressway, and Tomei Expressway
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Idaho (Apolo, Mathias Botanical Garden)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Los Angeles. UCLA campus, Westwood
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Taxodium
Specific Epithet
distichum
Authorship
(L.) Rich.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 28.7
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.6
Global rank
#254 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 14 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →