Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a ...

One bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) growing along the Black River in the state of North Carolina in the United States is at least 2,624 years old as of 2018, a new study has found. This ...

What: Taxodium distichum, commonly called bald cypress, evokes the essence of the Deep South. Few would think that a tree from the swamps of the steamy southeastern United States would do so well ...

As far as I know, all bald cypress trees (Taxodium distichum var. distichum) have the ability to produce knees. Whether they do or not, however, is mostly due to growing conditions.

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just ...

Our two native cypresses, bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens), both may produce knees.

THIS beautiful tree, the only cypress which sheds its leaves in the winter, is far too little known and appreciated by those who possess it. In spring its light-coloured feathery leaves fall ...

Domes form naturally, in shallow depressions where water collects, allowing for the growth of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens).

The bald cypress is botanically known as Taxodium distichum, and its needles are alternate on the stems (another easy identification tool).