Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic ...

If you have ever walked along the water’s edge, you may have come across a grove of particular-looking trees. Their bark is ...

The most wind-resistant trees have deep, extensive roots, strong trunks, and flexible wood that bends under wind pressure ...

You don't have to venture to Louisiana to see incredible bayous. Hidden in the Midwest, this area is home to walking trails ...

bald-cypress bottomland swamp in the southeast, high-quality tallgrass prairie in the west, pine-oak-hickory forests on the Ozark Plateau, and waterfowl-rich wetlands throughout the state. In the ...

In winter, many birders walk 1.2 miles north along the beach ... One of America’s great wild places, this sanctuary protects the world's largest virgin bald-cypress and tupelo swamp forest, which is ...

Bald cypress trees rise majestically from mirror-like waters ... Spring visits offer particular delights as the park awakens from winter dormancy. The understory bursts with wildflowers like spring ...

In the late winter and early spring ... and it provides the opportunity for species like bald cypress to germinate, and you know, recruit into the next generation of trees to fulfill in the ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — All lanes of Cypress Gardens Boulevard SE in Winter Haven are back open after a crash Thursday morning caused major delays. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a vehicle ...

In winter, bald eagles often perch in the bare cypress branches, scanning for fish – a sight that never fails to inspire awe, no matter how many times you’ve seen it. Cabin in the woods without the ...

When the leaves are off the tree for the winter, noticing the true form of a plant is intriguing to purveyors of landscapes. Look at how upright and pointed a bald cypress is as a stand-alone plant in ...

Michigan has dense forests with tall trees that include maples, oak and pines — including one commonly mistaken for a dawn redwood , the bald cypress ... needles in the winter, sprout ...