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.

When needles are present on bald cypress trees in spring and summer, they are medium green in color and have a soft, feathery appearance and feel. The overall shape of the tree is broadly pyramidal.

Bald cypress seed cones are globular, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and they turn from green to brown as the seeds mature. Twenty or more rather large triangular seeds are produced in each cone.

UPDATED: May 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM EDT HECLA – Two bald cypress trees were dedicated and blessed Sunday at St. Mary’s Cistercian Monastery in honor of two monks who have served there.

Red maples have a 75-year lifespan, while bald cypress trees can live for centuries. Note: Be sure to purchase locally grown plants, not specimens cultivated in Northern states.

Bald cypress is one of the few deciduous cone-bearing trees. I am writing this article in late October, and cypress needles are just starting to turn color like their broad-leaved compatriots.

Bald cypress trees are native to North America, and are typically found within a range spanning from the Southern U.S. to the southern tip of Illinois. This type of tree is known for being as ...

The autumnal glory of bald cypress trees can now be witnessed dry-shod, thanks to the urban forest diversification efforts of Meg Niederhofer while she was Gainesville’s arborist. These swamp ...

Some bald cypress trees in the Black River wetland forest are more than 2000 years old. Image courtesy Dan Griffin, University of Minnesota Some bald cypress trees in the US state of North Carolina ...

Some of these trees don't seem to like our soils and thus become chlorotic and turn yellow. The same thing can happen with regular bald cypress. The key is where the trees were grown.

The autumnal glory of bald cypress trees can now be witnessed dry-shod, thanks to the urban forest diversification efforts of Meg Niederhofer while she was Gainesville’s arborist. These swamp ...

Bald cypress has been around for a long time — something like 160 million years. It lived beside the dinosaurs but survived the mass extinctions. It’s the signature tree of the southern swamps ...