New Tree to Photograph
New Tree to Photograph, this is a new tree for me to photograph. They are Cyprus trees and are very easy to identify because of how they start growing and the base of the trunk.
It can reach 130 feet tall, developing prominent roots or “knees” above the ground. The bald cypress is usually found in swampy areas and along riverbanks. These locations provide the trees with the plentiful water they need to thrive and with the wet conditions necessary for reproduction.
All the little stumps you see are what they call knees.
In the wild, cypress trees play a very important role in soaking up floodwaters and preventing soil erosion. Environmentalist love them for their ability to trap pollutants. Frogs, toads, and salamanders prefer cypress swamps for breeding grounds. Wood ducks nest in hollow trunks and catfish spawn in submerged hollow logs, while bees, wood ducks, barrel owls and raptors nest in the treetops.
Bald cypresses are slow-growing trees that can live to be 600 years old.
New Tree to Photograph
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Nice article.
Marvelous!
I was thinking about noting how much Wood Ducks like them and then you went and stole my thunder ha!
Interesting about the “knees” and how old they get – 600 years old. Hard to imagine that isn’t it?
Be wary of the Cypress, the can be vicious… the Knee will reach out and trip you. They’re sneaky that way.
Beautiful photos Sandra, loved the info too. My dad loved these trees. We even stopped on the roadside and bought a few finished pieces from a local on one of our road trips. Nice memories 😊
Fantastic. Isn’t it a wonderful world!
Thanks for this very interesting post. I have never seen anything like these Cypress “stumps.” Is the green growth around the base of the stumps new trees coming up? Beautiful photos, I always find your posts to be excellent. 🙂
So interesting to see what they call knees. We may need more of those trees with so many floods. Interesting post. Thank you.🙂
Thank you Sandra. Very informative. These trees play a vital role in the ecosystem. Looking forward to hearing from you again when you get settled. Hope all is going well.
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Lots of bald cypress trees in the Dismal Swamp between VA and NC.
Impressive to see, we have also a few of them in some public parks but not with so much knees as these ones.
Strange looking things.