Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) has been quietly standing sentinel to centuries of ecological change in the murky ...

In a past column I listed the bald cypress as one of the uncommon trees native to Indiana. I wrote so much about where it is found in our state that I ran out of space before I could describe what ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UNCW students planted a series of bald cypress trees on the Battleship grounds (Photo: Battleship North Carolina) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — On Thursday, the Battleship North Carolina and UNCW students ...

Bigtooth maple trees typically have yellow or golden fall color. They can be easily grown in a variety of soils and have few problems with pests. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor Last week, I ...

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," ...