Life Span
Perennial
Annual and Perennial
Type
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Aquatics
Origin
California
World/Pandemic
Types
Southern cypress, Gulf cypress
Utricularia graminifolia, Utricularia vulgaris, Utricularia gibba
Number of Varieties
25220
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40000
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Habitat
Floodplains, Swamps
Lakes, stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
7-11-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-7
-
Sunset Zone
17
21,22
Habit
Pyramidal
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
1,520.00 cm10.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
370.00 cm5.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Brown
Yellow, Purple, Lavender
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Green, Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Dark Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Needle like
Orbicular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
-
Bloom Time
Early Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Seedlings, Transplanting
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Medium, Requires consistently moist soil, Requires watering in the growing season
Requires 4 to 8 inches of water above the soil line
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in early summer, Prune in the late winter or spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Cut away fading foliage, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in spring
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
hair algae
Plant Tolerance
Cold climate, Drought
Wet Site
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies, Insects
Insects
Allergy
Asthma, breathing problems
Avoid during Pregnancy
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Landscape Designing
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for insects, Nesting sites for birds, No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Prevent Soil Erosion, Shadow Tree, Soil protection
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
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Diuretic, Vulnerary
Part of Plant Used
Bark, Seeds, Stem
Leaves, Root
Other Uses
Used in biomass, Used in construction, Wood is used for making furniture, Wood is used for ship building
Food for animals, Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break, Shade Trees, Street Trees, Topiary, Bonsai, Espalier
Bog Garden, Container, Water Gardens, Wildflower
Botanical Name
CUPRESSUS macrocarpa
UTRICULARIA
Common Name
Baldcypress, Red cypress
Bladderwort
In Hindi
सरू के वृक्ष
Bladderwort plant
In German
Zypresse
bladderwort Pflanze
In French
cyprès
plante Bladderwort
In Spanish
Arbol ciprés
planta bladderwort
In Greek
κυπαρίσσι
φυτό υδρόβιο φυτό
In Portuguese
Cypress árvore
planta bladderwort
In Polish
Cypress drzewo
Bladderwort roślin
In Latin
cypressus
bladderwort herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Pinales
Scrophulariales
Family
Cupressaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Taxodium
Utricularia
Clade
-
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Taxodioideae
Pitcairnioideae
Number of Species
25220
1
27800
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