Persistent Cypress #5
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Persistent Cypress #5
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A bald cypress tree with young branches in fall colors growing out of an old broken and hollowed out stump along the Suwannee River.
Seen and photographed while kayaking the river in December 2019 during fairly low water levels.
These slow-growing trees can be found throughout most of Florida in lakes, swamps, floodplains and along streams. The range extends north to New York and west into Texas, mostly in the coastal plain, and up the Mississippi River drainage into southern Illinois.
The trunk of bald cypress is spreading at the base with a deep tap root and spreading roots that send up knees extending out of the soil and water. The purpose of these knees is not entirely clear, but they are believed to help both with support and gas exchange.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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December 19th, 2019
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