Bald Cypress is a long-lived native conifer tree with a pyramidal habit, a buttressed trunk, and root knees when grown in water.  The light and soft feathery like needle foliage is yellow-green and turns an attractive cinnamon orange-brown in fall.   Grows best in full sun and moist to wet acidic soil. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Yellowing can be a problem in alkaline soils.  Twig blight, bagworms, and mites are occasional problems.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Shade Tree, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden,  Pond and Streams, Water Garden, and Privacy Screen.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Daylily, Wisteria, Cotoneaster