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Baldcypress Identification

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From: charlotte swanson City: loda, IL
Is the bald cypress a deciduous tree? Is it compound bipinnate, or simple?
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Baldcypress is a native, deciduous conifer (just like our native tamarack). Baldcypress has needle-like leaves that are two-ranked and alternately arranged. Dawnredwood, a similar-looking species, has needle-like leaves that are two-ranked and oppositely arranged.
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