They look like this

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treeguy123, I have quite a few BCs, and don't notice any foliage differences on them. OTOH, I do see some variation on Pondcypress foliage, which usually the very short needles are appressed (like scale-foliage), but lower down on the inner branches can have a few where needles are extended like BC.

Thanks very much both of you, I was wanting to know what they look like to tell the difference between Eastern Red Ceder and Bald Cypress seedlings. But it looks like it's easy to tell now, because the young bald cypress picture looks like all the leaves are flattened horizontally just like the adult Bald Cypress trees. Eastern Red ceder seedlings have needles pointing in all directions around each twig.

I have planted bald cypress and pond cypress seed collected from local trees for two years know, and can't seem to get better than around a 25% germination rate.I collected the seed from the tree as they where all but falling off,soaked half in water and half in alcohol,kept in the frig all winter wrapped in peet moss in a ziplock bag, and planted in the spring.Germination between the two was the same,out of 250 pond cypress seed only 43 sprouted this year,BC WHERE IN 2010,PC WHERE IN 2011.Anyone have a better way or see something wrong with the way i've been doing it.