We have a bald cypress tree, and we were wondering if ... no more than 2 inches of fill over a large portion of a tree’s root system per year. Although trees do vary somewhat in the amount ...

Reviewed by Andrew Hughes You might recognize the lemon cypress as the potted evergreen that seems to show up in every big ...

Q: Four bald cypresses send up "knees" in my lawn. The knees make it difficult to mow the grass. Should I cut them off? Will that hurt the trees? Is it better to leave them alone and plant ...

The oldest known bald cypress in Black River Preserve ... tree is not an easy task. The old trees have bulging buttresses that are part of the root system, so researchers carry ladders through ...

People told me that the largest bald cypress tree in the world was ... To protect the root system of the tree, the Friends of Cat Island NWR, with the help of many volunteers, improved the trail ...

One bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) growing along the Black River in the state of North Carolina in the United States is at least 2,624 years old as of 2018, a new study has found. This ...

Below the surface, bald cypress trees have water-seeking roots and have overtaken nearby irrigation systems. The trees also grow thick wooden knees that sprout up from the ground. If the knees are ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Tree and yard owners are often faced with the problem of a tree's ...