Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Tunisia, Uruguay

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Adams, R.P., Arnold, M.A., King, A.R., Denny, G.C. & Creech, D. (2012). Taxodium (Cupressaceae): one, two or three species? Evidence drom DNA sequences and terpenoids. Phytologia 94: 159-168.
• El Mokni, R. (2024). New records of coniferous species (Gymnospermae, Pinidae) for the non-native woody flora of Tunisia and North Africa. Hacquetia 23: 119-136.
• Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
• Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
• Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
• Stinca, A. & al. (2017). New alien vascular species for the flora of southern Italy. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 72: 295-301.
• Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
• Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
• Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Kew Species Profiles

• Conifer Specialist Group (1998). Taxodium distichum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. < www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 March 2012.
• Farjon, A. (2005). A Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Farjon, A. (2010). A Handbook of the World’s Conifers. Volume 2. E.J. Brill, Leiden & Boston.

Kew Backbone Distributions

• (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/034.63.2021.3-4.1. epublication.
• El Mokni, R. (2024). New records of coniferous species (Gymnospermae, Pinidae) for the non-native woody flora of Tunisia and North Africa. Hacquetia 23: 119-136.
• Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
• Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
• Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.