Cypress is a softwood, which means it comes from a conifer (needle-leaved trees that produce seed-bearing cones, often referred to as “evergreens”) rather than a deciduous tree (trees that ...

These trees are known as Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). The Bald Cypress is a large, slow-growing, and long-lived tree. It can reach heights of up to 120 feet with trunks up to 7 feet in diameter.

Bald cypress is one of the few deciduous cone-bearing trees. I am writing this article in late October, and cypress needles are just starting to turn color like their broad-leaved compatriots.

Right off, you can see the big trees and their cone-shaped knees growing in the dark water. No one really knows why cypress grow knees in the water yet don’t grow knees on land.

The tecate cypress, a remnant Ice Age tree that grows only in a few places in Southern California and Mexico, needs fire in order to regenerate. The fire’s heat coaxes open the tree’s cones ...

Cypress trees are evergreen trees that can produce woody cones, which contain their seeds. The handful of native species of cypress tree all occur in the Far West, in the United States.

Cypress and hemlocks have needles that are flattened and attached to the twig with leaf stalks. While cone sizes vary, they are generally much smaller than other types of conifers and tend to form ...

As to the problem with knees, most cypress trees planted in well-drained average landscapes do not produce knees. But once a tree starts, there is no way to make it stop other than removing the tree.

Cypress, cone, spruce, and fir are a few. The cones are quite different in shape, color, and size and some hang on the tree for years and others take just months to mature.

That's tree talk for a cone-bearing tree that seasonally loses its leaves or needles. "The bald cypress is unique for a couple of reasons," says Michael A. Valenti, State Forester of Delaware.

Trees that have a serotinous tenancy in North America include some species of conifers including pine, spruce, cypress, and sequoia. Serotinous trees in the southern hemisphere include some ...