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Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
March - April
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
October
Although it can grow well elsewhere, Baldcypress is mostly found in wet areas. It characteristically has flared, buttressed bases to its trunks and forms "knees" surrounding it. Baldcypress is one of our few deciduous gymnosperm trees.
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8 November 2015
First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, NC (with Spanish Moss on branches) 
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8 November 2015
First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, NC (showing trunk flare and "knees") 
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17 August 2016
Carver's Creek State Park, Fayetteville, NC 
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17 August 2016
Carver's Creek State Park, Fayetteville, NC 
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3 October 2020
Virginia State Arboretum, Blandy, VA 
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