The tree in the foreground of this photo, which I took at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in Stoddard County, as well as those in the near foreground are all bald cypress trees... Tuesday, July 1 ...

Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come. - Karen Joy Fowler Author Karen Joy Fowler has it right. When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and the Eastern U.S., none ...

Bald cypress is a natural tree for estates and parks with low-lying grounds. View the full PDF here. ... The cones, which may yield up to 30 light brown, winged seeds apiece, ...

The fruit of the cypress is a globe shaped, one-inch cone that contains two seeds and are unique in appearance. The bald cypress, now an uncommon segment of our Hoosier flora and only native to a ...

The Sick Tree Treatment will heal stressed trees, but it’s best to purchase bald cypress that are bred to be happy in high pH, alkaline soils. Pond cypress and Montezuma cypress don’t have ...

Bald cypress "knees" are woody, knobby projects that fan out from the tree's trunk. A cone-bearing tree called bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) once dominated prehistoric swamplands in the Southeast.

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY DEC. 1, AND THEREAFTER This Tuesday Nov. 18, 2014 image shows Steve Tyson holding a board from a bald cypress tree in his yard in Nitro, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charleston Gazette ...

Avery Godwin in Chesapeake even wrote that I was “really doing a disservice by telling people that bald cypress will not put out knees on land.” The trees on his property grow enough knees ...

Scientists documenting the ages of bald cypress along the Black River in southeastern North Carolina have discovered an ancient tree whose annual growth rings show it to be at least 2,624 years old.

From bald cypress to red maple, ... and the tree was magnificent in both form and hue ... Up to 30 feet tall, plants grow rapidly but have been known to topple in severe storms. Plant to ...

Recently discovered 2,624-year-old bald cypress tree looms beside Julie Moore, front, and Dr. David Stahle in Three Sisters Swamp on the Black River in southeastern North Carolina.

When a bald cypress is left to its own devices, as this one has been, it can thrive for 500 or even 600 years. "For the most part with trees in this age class, you just have to leave them alone ...