Bald Bald Cypress
This picture, taken at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Florida, shows a restored Bald Cypress forest. The spacing of the trees might have been a good hint that the trees were planted to give maximum potential for each tree. This year (2023) the dry season was really dry, so dry that the ground was hard and dry, as shown in the picture. The Bald Cypress trees were bare of leaves (needles), but that is their normal state in winter and early spring. The green hue shows the trees that are beginning to sprout new leaves/needles in early spring.
Bald Cypress trees are one of the iconic features of many areas in Florida. Like other gymnosperms, pine and hemlock trees for examples, they bear cones, and have needle-like leaves. But, unlike most gymnosperms, Bald Cypress drop their leaves in the winter months.
Bald Bald Cypress
This picture, taken at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Florida, shows a restored Bald Cypress forest. The spacing of the trees might have been a good hint that the trees were planted to give maximum potential for each tree. This year (2023) the dry season was really dry, so dry that the ground was hard and dry, as shown in the picture. The Bald Cypress trees were bare of leaves (needles), but that is their normal state in winter and early spring. The green hue shows the trees that are beginning to sprout new leaves/needles in early spring.
Bald Cypress trees are one of the iconic features of many areas in Florida. Like other gymnosperms, pine and hemlock trees for examples, they bear cones, and have needle-like leaves. But, unlike most gymnosperms, Bald Cypress drop their leaves in the winter months.