Endophytic taxol-producing fungi from bald cypress, Taxodium distichum.

Effects of Long-Term Periodic Submergence on Photosynthesis and Growth of Taxodium distichum and Taxodium ascendens Saplings in the Hydro-Fluctuation Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir of China

Responses of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) saplings in photosynthesis and growth to long-term periodic submergence in situ in the hydro-fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir (TGDR) were studied. Water treatments of periodic deep submergence (DS) and moderate submergence (MS) in situ were imposed on 2-year-old bald cypress and pond cypress s...

Effect Of Increased Salinity Exposure On Photosynthetic Indicators And Water Status Of Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) Seedlings

Seed germination enhancement for bald cypress [Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.]

Bald cypress has been retreating in the estuary ecosystem of the Loxahatchee River Watershed in southeastern Florida because of the negative impacts of anthropogenic activities. Seed germination of bald cypress is an important means to increase the arbor population in the vegetation community and accelerate restoration of the wetland ecosystem. The objective of this research was to find an effe...

Inner Workings: How saving some of the Southeast's oldest trees might help scientists monitor climate change.

In the swampy floodplains of North Carolina’s Black River stand ancient trees with a story to tell. Many of these bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) were well over a millennium old when Columbus discovered the Western Hemisphere. As it turns out, their locale has greatly promoted their longevity: by being relatively inaccessible, the trees have been spared from loggers’ saws. But the inexorable ...

Recovery of Florida Cypress Swamps from Clearcutting

Vegetation analysis in ten central Florida cypress (Taxodium distichurn) swamps was undertaken to determ•ne the response of woody species composition to clearcutting. Line transects hrough swamps that had been harvested by clearcutting within the last 5 years demonstrated that all but one of these swamps are likely to recover their original species composition and a normal stem density. Cypress...