The trees have siblings, called Santa Cruz cypress, in four other small groves in Santa Cruz County, according to a 2009 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study. But the DNA code, oils and cone size ...

The six most common types of shade trees are Bald Cypress, Florida Maple, Live Oak, Loblolly Pine, Purple Tabebuia and the Yellow Tabebuia. 9.

Red maples have a 75-year lifespan, while bald cypress trees can live for centuries. Note: Be sure to purchase locally grown plants, not specimens cultivated in Northern states.

But pond cypress trees thrive in Louisiana, thanks to their resilience and steady resolve in high wind. Our plucky little tree struck me as just the sort of mascot we needed to answer our grief.

Dozens of volunteers planted 600 cypress trees near a Madisonville lighthouse on Tuesday morning, organized in connection with the NFL ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans.