Bald Cypress knees - France

by: S.Beaucourt/Novapix
Reference: b-arb90-01202
Date: 2010-04-18

Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress, or Swamp Cypress) is a species of conifer. Baldcypress growing in swamps have a peculiarity of growth called cypress knees. These are woody projections sent above the ground or water that are part of the root system. Courant d'Huchet, Landes, France.

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