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Knees with very little taper A bald cypress exhibiting tapered knees. A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae, such as the bald cypress. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in swamps.
Cranichis muscosa, the cypress-knee helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is widespread across most of the West Indies , extending into Central America, southern Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and southern Florida.
Cupressaceae (cypress family) Cupressus, from Greek and Latin plant names [19] [20] [21] 30 genera, [22] prevalent in the Northern Hemisphere, and scattered in southern temperate zones [16] Trees and shrubs with heavily scented resin. Taxodium is an aquatic tree genus with roots that form knees in some species.
Taxodium distichum (baldcypress, [3] [4] [5] bald-cypress, [6] bald cypress, swamp cypress; French: cyprès chauve; cipre in Louisiana) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. Hardy and tough, this tree adapts to a wide range of soil types, whether wet, salty, dry, or swampy.
Cupressaceae (cypress family) Athrotaxis selaginoides: King Billy pine Cupressaceae (cypress family) Callitris: cypress-pines; Callitris columellaris: white cypress-pine; Murray River cypress-pine; northern cypress-pine Cupressaceae (cypress family) Callitris preissii: Rottnest Island cypress-pine Cupressaceae (cypress family) Callitris verrucosa
Unlike bald cypress and pond cypress, Montezuma cypress rarely produces cypress knees from the roots. [3] Trees from the Mexican highlands achieve a notable stoutness. One specimen, the Árbol del Tule in Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico, is the stoutest tree in the world with a diameter of 11.42 m (37.5 ft). Several other specimens from 3 ...
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs from the Cupressus genus of the Cupressaceae family, typically found in warm-temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Europe, and North America.
Tecate cypress in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Tecate Cypress seed pod. Hesperocyparis forbesii, with the common names Tecate cypress or Forbes' cypress, [3] is a nonflowering, seed bearing tree species of western cypress native to southwestern North America in California and Baja California.