Pictures: 11 Sacred and Iconic Trees Trees have been worshipped for millennia. Take a tour of the world’s most sacred and iconic trees—from Abraham’s oak in the West Bank to California’s Lone Cypress.

When you’re looking for a tall, long-lived evergreen tree for your landscape, why not consider a cypress species? Cypress trees are often drought-tolerant, and their fast-growing, dense habit makes ...

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just swamp ...

A bald cypress tree in North Carolina is the oldest known living tree in eastern North America. Image by Dan Griffin. Tree rings not only tell time, but record climatic history too. In warm, wet years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kate Sears A pint-sized variety of the Monterey cypress, lemon cypress trees are famous for their unique, chartreuse needles and ...