The bald cypress is a long-lived, native conifer that thrives in tough urban and swampy environments. A notable feature of the bald cypress is its "knees," which are root growths that protrude from ...

A new study of bald cypress trees reveals how ancient climate shifts, starting around 500 A.D., drastically shortened tree ...

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," ...

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 ...

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. A: You’re probably referring to the tree’s ...

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 ...

Dozens of volunteers planted bald cypress trees around a nearly 200-year-old Madisonville lighthouse for a wetlands restoration project Tuesday morning — the latest restoration event organized by ...