198 THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 
THE BALD CYPRESS 
Leaves two ranked forming flattened branchlets; de- 
ciduous. 
BALD CYPRESS 
Taxodium distichum 
Loaves 
2" long, bright vellowish green, 
turning a dull brown in the autumn 
be-ore they are shed. 
CoNES 
Usually borne in pairs, globular in 
shape. 
Rance 
Delaware to Florida and Texas. 
North up the Mississippi River to 
Southern Illinois. 
The presence of “knees,” which are stout pointed 
outgrowths from the roots, is most characteristic of this 
species of tree. 
