THE BALD CYPRESS {Taxodium dhtkhum) 9 



The base of the trunk flares abruptly into lobed buttresses. Pointed "knees" rise from the long horizontal roots o: 

 trees. They are supposed to be means of aeration to the inundated roots. The leafy, lateral twigs are deciduous. Cy 

 swamps are found in the maritime regions of the Southeastern states 



