Taxodium distichum 'Michelson' [sold as Shawnee Brave®]
Shawnee Brave Baldcypress

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Yellow (Needles emerge bright yellow in spring); Green (Deep sage green foliage); Brown (Soft russet-brown to orange-brown foliage in the fall)
 Fruit Notes:
Green (Interesting green globular cones, brown at maturity)
 Ultimate Height:
75 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
18 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, acid, fine, sandy loams with moderately good drainage ; chlorosis is a real problem on high pH soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Soft leaves are needle-like, alternate, 0.3-0.75" long, linear-lanceolate, 2-ranked, or scale-like and appressed, (the two forms may appear on the same branch or separate trees), with a prominent mid-vein. Cones develop from pistillate flowers and are globular (0.5-1" dia.) at ends of previous year's twigs, green to purple, and later brown. Staminate flowers are 4-5" drooping panicles. Attractive, peeling, reddish bark.

Additional Information

Nice planted in groupings around water. Develops cypress knees (possibly for gas exchange), but generally only near water. Mite resistant foliage.

When Taxodium distichum 'Michelson' [sold as Shawnee Brave®] has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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17 Taxodium distichum 'Michelson' [sold as Shawnee Brave®] found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
1ORIG_8770*ADAUC
2ORIG_8769*ADAUC
3ORIG_8955*APGW
4ORIG_8767*ADAUC
5ORIG_8927*AMRGN
6ORIG_8768*ADAUC
7ORIG_8928*AMRGN
8ORIG_8926*AMRGN
92022_00220*AMATH
102023_00408*AADPA
112023_00781*APSF
122023_00781*BPSF
132023_00781*CPSF
142024_00286*AMEMMALL
152024_00286*BMEMMALL
162024_00289*AMEMMALL
172024_00289*BHAAS

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