Habitat:
It grows in both uplands and bottomlands, but is more often found on wetter
sites such as swamps, marshes and river bottoms where common hardwoods cannot
survive. It grows best on deep, sandy loams with plenty of water
and becomes chloritic where soils are too alkaline. Trees are exceptionally
windfirm.
Diseases: This species has been little used, and is relatively free of pests and diseases, but can succumb to bark beetle attack. Twig blight, wood decay and cypress moth attacks can occur, but are not serious.
Distribution:The baldcypress is native throughout the southeastern forest region from New Jersey to eastern Texas and up the Mississippi River Valley to southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. It is very adaptable and is planted far north of its range, withstanding minus 30 degrees F.
