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 ...

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 ...

Perry-lee West, likes everything about a bald cypress — from the way the tree looks in the fall, to the way it reproduces, from mysteries surrounding its knees, to the way those knees sequester soil ...

The bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) has been quietly standing sentinel to centuries of ecological change in the murky wetlands of the American Southeast. These towering trees are some of the ...

* What it is: A large, fairly slender and fairly fast-growing conifer (cone-bearing tree) with soft, flat, green needles that turn a beautiful russet color in fall before dropping. It's a U.S. native ...

Bald cypress trees are native to North America, and are typically found within a range spanning from the Southern U.S. to the southern tip of Illinois. This type of tree is known for being as ...

This is an early autumn landscape showcasing the native bald cypress tree. The tree in the foreground of this photo, which I took at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in Stoddard County, as well as those ...

Today?s topic: American elm and bald cypress Landscapers paying more attention to bald cypresses Dr. Dennis Franklin Ask The Plant Doctor This column has presented a series of articles describing the ...

BLADEN CO., N.C. (WTVD) -- Some of the oldest known trees in the world can be found in Bladen County. David Stahle, a professor from Arkansas, identified a tree on the Black River as the oldest known ...