Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic ...

If you have ever walked along the water’s edge, you may have come across a grove of particular-looking trees. Their bark is ...

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. There are two ...

But there are much older trees still growing tall. One bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) in the Black River swampland is at least 2,624 years old as of 2018, a new study has found.

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