Lecanium scale attach themselves to the leaves and twigs of trees and feed on plant nutrients, causing significant damage.

Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a ...

Cypress knees are the peculiar things that grow up out of the roots of the bald cypress tree. These peculiar structures come in darn handy when the winds blow. The cypress knees function not ...

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

Those strange growths jutting from the ground around the tree are called cypress knees. The knees project up from the submerged roots of the Bald Cypress tree’s extensive root system. Originally ...

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 ...

Q: My bald cypress tree is sending up huge roots above the ground. Can I cut these off? I’m afraid they’ll eventually reach my foundation and damage it.

Even though bald cypresses are among the most resilient trees on Earth—able to withstand some of the worst conditions nature can muster—cypress forests are now dying in droves along the ...

Memorial Park Conservancy plans $42M project to honor WWI history with 2,000 bald cypress trees, visitor center, playground and educational features.

“Bald cypress trees also grow “knees” from their root systems. These “knees” will also provide additional habitat for fish,” he added.

Jan Risher offers tips to find the largest bald cypress tree (the sixth largest tree) in the country -- right in the middle of Louisiana.

Plus, bald cypress roots (“knees”) are especially challenging when it comes time to mow. Bald cypresses are on my “never again” list here in North Central Texas.