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Commonly found in southern swamplands, this tree produces
a particularly decay-resistant heartwood sometimes called “wood
eternal.” It is used in heavy construction such
as docks, warehouses, boats and bridges, as well as for
ornamental millwork. The trunk is enlarged at the base
and spreads into ridges or buttresses. The crown is flattened
at the top and is made up of widely spreading branches.
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| Height: 100’-120’ |
| Needles: Deciduous;
3/8”-3/4” long. They grow singly in 2 rows on slender
green twigs, crowded and featherlike, flat, soft and flexible.
Dull light green above; whitish beneath, turning brown and shedding
in fall. |
| Habitat: In
swamps and very wet soils along riverbanks and in floodplains,
often in pure stands. From the coast of Delaware
to Florida from the Mississippi Valley to Indiana south to
Louisiana. |
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