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  • The inhabitants believe that an old city was buried by a sudden flood, and at some distance from Chapala, several trunks of Sabino [Bald cypresses] (Taxodium distichum of Richard), partially covered by water, can still be found.

    Did you know? The first scientific account of Lake Chapala comes from 1839 2009

  • The inhabitants believe that an old city was buried by a sudden flood, and at some distance from Chapala, several trunks of Sabino [Bald cypresses] (Taxodium distichum of Richard), partially covered by water, can still be found.

    Did you know? The first scientific account of Lake Chapala comes from 1839 2009

  • The absence of grazing is causing management problems as vegetation, principally Paspalum distichum, a perennial amphibious grass, blocks up the channels.

    Keoladeo (Bharatpur) National Park, India 2009

  • Bayheads contain isolated stands of willow Salix caroliniana on slight elevations or swamp cypress Taxodium distichum in depressions filled with organic matter.

    Everglades National Park, United States 2009

  • River swamp forests of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) and oak-dominated bottomland hardwood forests provide important wildlife habitat.

    Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA) 2008

  • River swamp forests of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) and oak-dominated bottomland hardwood forests provide important wildlife corridors and habitat.

    Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA) 2008

  • Valley dominants are tupelo (Nyssa aquatica), oak (Quercus spp.), and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).

    Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

  • They are deciduous forested wetlands, made up of different species of gum (Nyssa sp.) and oak (Quercus sp.) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), which have the ability to survive in areas that are either seasonally flooded or covered with water much of the year.

    Bottomland hardwoods 2007

  • River swamp forests, which are adapted to continuous flooding, contain baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) and water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica), which often codominate the canopy.

    Mississippi lowland forests 2007

  • This forest type is dominated by bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and swamp tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora).

    Middle Atlantic coastal forests 2007

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