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Coveted by loggers for their straight and branchless trunks, ancient bald cypress was rapaciously logged in the late 1800s, claiming tens of millions of acres. Today, only a few tracts in the southern ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Time is running out for you to get a free tree to help restore Music City’s tree canopy. Root Nashville is giving away three free trees to Nashville homeowners. Since its ...

Late last month, concerned residents around Lake Bistineau began to notice a troubling change in the landscape. The cypress trees were turning brown far earlier than expected. While the extreme heat ...

Walking through a swamp is an immersive sensory experience, with unique sights and sounds. On a regular day, one can see giant bald cypress trees dripping with ferns and orchids and hear the calls of ...

Garden staff are finding more scale insects and aphids than in past years. A major infestation of lecanium scale was recently found on a large planting of bald cypress at the Garden. The population of ...

The editors note that, due to a production error, this article was published with the incorrect title, “Southeast Atlantic Coast of the United States.” The correct title is “Subfossil bald cypress ...

Figure 1. Map of the study area with the boundary indicated in brown, ground control points identified with squares, and the field sampled knees identified with circles. Figure 2. Field measurements ...

Ever had one of those days when your stress level hits the ceiling and you just need to escape somewhere that doesn’t involve scrolling through your phone or binge-watching another series? Trap Pond ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pieces of ancient stumps, roots and cypress knees hauled up during maintenance work at the Altamaha Wildlife Management Area on the Georgia Coast lie in the foreground of this flooded field. Deep in ...