|Grid reference||ST 18502 80305|
|Common name||Swamp cypress|
|Common name||Bald cypress|
|Height||25.5M March 2015|
|Girth||267cm March 2015|
This tree is at the north east end of the gardens close to the roundabout where Lake Road East and Lake Road West join. (Just to the left, but hidden in this photograph, is a Taxodium ascendens.)
General tree description
This is a large deciduous conifer, typically reaching 30 metres and occasionally more. It has a narrow conical form and red-brown bark. The very light green foliage appears in late spring, and turns a bronze-brown in autumn. The pollen cones are yellowish green turning purplish to brown. One of its characteristics is that if situated near a lake or bog the Taxodium distichum will send up aerial roots or "knees" from its base.