Two baldcypresses central Ohio

7 months ago

last modified: 7 months ago

Double your pleasure, double your fun (ht/ old Wrigley gum commercial). Two baldcypresses in west central OH -- that's the only location given.

Left one up close w/person for scale.

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bengz6westmd
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6 months ago

last modified: 6 months ago

I've posted this champion baldcypress on Cat Island, South Carolina before, but had never seen the entire tree, which I show below. In its 1000 yr life, it certainly has been damaged alot and suffered many lightning strikes, but soldiers on.

PS @arbordave: I wonder if the baldcypress at Spring Grove has got ivy that is living off of the baldcypress' wood? Looks like the ivy has been cut, but it's still thriving above the cuts somehow? And I can attest that katsura tree grows VERY fast here on my lot by the border stream, rivaling dawn redwood for size after 20 yrs.

PPS I would recommend people to click on arbordave's link to the Spring Grove Cemetery website -- outstanding.

https://meristemhorticulture.com/planted/autumn-in-spring-grove-cemetery

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41 North (Zone 7a/b, NE, coastal)
7 months ago
They are pretty cold hardy, I gots two but now wonder how long they will be in their current location, did not realize they grew that fat!
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bengz6westmd
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7 months ago
last modified: 7 months ago
41, they ARE in the redwood family, tho not nearly as fast as dawn redwoods. I could only hazard a wild guess at those trees' age, but maybe close to 70-80 yrs?
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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
7 months ago
That VFW post is in Columbus Grove, OH which is near Fort Wayne, IN. Nice trees.

tj
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L Clark (zone 4 WY)
7 months ago
thick trunks
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arbordave (SE MI)
7 months ago
Nice! The one on the left is especially impressive. The Ohio champion baldcypress is located in Spring Grove Cemetery (Cincinnati), see this link: Spring Grove Baldcypress. Also this link from Meristem horticulture (Jared Barnes): Autumn in Spring Grove Cemetery (scroll down)
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arbordave (SE MI)
6 months ago
beng, that would be my guess - the ivy must be somehow getting moisture via the tree's bark (or maybe there's an ivy stem hidden in a bark crevice that didn't get cut).

Jared Barnes' Spring Grove page does indeed have some excellent photos. Spring Grove Cemetery has a number of Ohio state champion trees on its grounds. I was there once (many years ago), it's worth a visit if you're ever over that way.
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robert567
6 months ago

Dawes Arboretum in Central Ohio has many Bald Cypress planted. Here is their designed swamp.
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bengz6westmd
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6 months ago
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@Robert: Thanks for the pics. I've been looking at the Dawes Arboretum website for a long time -- they used to make available there a (long) list of trees planted and comments on their performance, tho I can't find that anymore. My 20 yr old baldcypresses are developing knees along a border stream.