Floating on Air
American Lotus (Nelumbo Lutea) emerge from the shallow waters (unlike water lilies whose flowers and leaves float on the surface) at Sheldon Lake State Park. Trees include bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)..
... and the invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica sebifera, also known as Sapium sebiferum), an aggressive tree in Texas and the Southeatern United States. It is drought AND flood tolerant, grows in a variety of soil and light conditions, and it provides a wonderful fall display of yellow, orange and red. Too successful, its leaves even produce a toxin that prohibits other plants from growing around it (reason enough to eliminate this volunteer from your garden). So unless you make your own soap or candlewax, consider a native tree instead. It's regrettable to equate success with weediness, in any species.
Floating on Air
American Lotus (Nelumbo Lutea) emerge from the shallow waters (unlike water lilies whose flowers and leaves float on the surface) at Sheldon Lake State Park. Trees include bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)..
... and the invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica sebifera, also known as Sapium sebiferum), an aggressive tree in Texas and the Southeatern United States. It is drought AND flood tolerant, grows in a variety of soil and light conditions, and it provides a wonderful fall display of yellow, orange and red. Too successful, its leaves even produce a toxin that prohibits other plants from growing around it (reason enough to eliminate this volunteer from your garden). So unless you make your own soap or candlewax, consider a native tree instead. It's regrettable to equate success with weediness, in any species.