Some trees have mysterious lives, none more so than baldcypress, a deciduous conifer related to redwood. It thrives in wet conditions that few trees can tolerate. And it has knees, woody outgrowths of the roots whose function is not known (not aeration, probably support). Where have you seen it?
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The bald cypress is also the oldest-known living tree species in eastern North America and the oldest-known wetland species of tree in the world, the researchers wrote.
https://eos.org/articles/north-carolina-bald-cypress-tree-is-at-least-2674-years-old
Taxodium distichum (Baldcypress, Bald Cypress, Cypress, Swamp Cypress) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/taxodium-distichum/
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