Taxodium distichum (
bald cypress,
baldcypress,
bald-cypress,
cypress,
southern-cypress,
white-cypress,
tidewater red-cypress,
Gulf-cypress,
red-cypress, or
swamp cypress) is a
deciduous conifer (in genus
Taxodium, familia
Cupressaceae) that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils of the
Southeastern and
Gulf Coastal Plains of the United States.