These trees are known as Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). The Bald Cypress is a large, slow-growing, and long-lived tree. It can reach heights of up to 120 feet with trunks up to 7 feet in diameter.

Before this period, bald cypress trees in the region commonly lived for more than 470 years. However, after 500 A.D., their average lifespan declined sharply to just 186 years.

Researchers studied an ancient forest of bald cypress trees preserved in subfossil form at the mouth of Georgia’s Altamaha River. Using radiocarbon dating and tree-ring analysis, they revealed a ...

Before that point, bald cypress trees in the region regularly lived for more than 470 years. But after this period, their average lifespan fell sharply to 186 years.

Tucked into the humid wetlands of the American Southeast, the bald cypress rises with quiet determination. These towering trees, known for their knobby knees and flared bases, don’t just dominate the ...

These trees are known as bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). The bald cypress is a large, slow-growing and long-lived tree. It can reach heights of up to 120 feet with trunks up to 7 feet in diameter.

Travel & Outdoors Come to One of Texas’s Oldest Towns for the History. Stay for the Blueberries, Barbecue, and Gardens. Where to spend a weekend in the Piney Woods town of Nacogdoches.

Blue Hole Regional Park, just south of Austin, Texas, is sought after for its canopy of bald cypress trees and its two rope swings. Gregg Segal ...

Trees line the backgrounds of the most provoking images in Tulane’s history. They grew through student protests in 1967, 1969, 1970 and, more recently, in 2016. After a 1970 all-night vigil protesting ...

Residents agree that a new school building is needed, but say they didn’t know the plans would result in the loss of a stand of mature trees, including a 200-year-old bald cypress. Residents gathered ...

Aerial reverse flyover a tranquil forest path lined with autumnal Bald Cypress trees, under a natural canopy of bare branches, with dappled sunlight filtering through the deciduous conifer forests.