The bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) has been quietly standing sentinel to centuries of ecological change in the murky wetlands of the American Southeast. These towering trees are some of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bald cypress trees are native to North America, and are typically found within a range spanning from the Southern U.S. to the ...

I see that the New Jersey Heritage Program, which keeps track of these things, has decided that bald cypress, heretofore considered a non-native species, has been promoted to native on the strength of ...

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 have ...

Consider this a cautionary tale, in the best sense of things. I first heard of Cat Island Wildlife Refuge when I moved to Louisiana. People told me that the largest bald cypress tree in the world was ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s iconic bald cypress trees will be protected on state-owned property, after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a new law banning the trees’ harvesting on more than 1 ...

The way the legend goes, the enormous bald cypress grew from the ground 200 years ago when Louisville’s founder George Rogers Clark stuck his walking stick into the ground. That’s a "nice story," ...

* What it is: A dwarf and slow-growing version of the popular Southern bald cypress, a U.S. native conifer whose soft, flat, green needles turn a beautiful russet color in fall before dropping. It’s ...

Guys whose follicles are dwindling on a daily basis probably don’t think bald is beautiful. But when the subject shifts to deciduous trees, many species are stunning as they approach dormancy and ...

Last week, I introduced you to some of the most popular trees to plant in North Texas. For the next group of wonderful trees to consider, let's discuss some oak, cypress and maple trees. Chinquapin ...