OuiSi Nature · Card 87
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
- Location
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, LA, USA
- Date
- December 12, 2018
Photograph byKiliii YüyanDescription
This photo was made from an airboat, floating over the swamps outside of New Orleans, Louisiana. Bald cypress can grow with its roots under water, because a tissue called aerenchyma carries oxygen from above ground down to them. It is Louisiana's state tree, and highly storm tolerant. Bayou Sauvage lies within the city limits of New Orleans, and its marshes act as a barrier against rising tides and hurricanes.
Photo linkinstagram.com/p/B7hXBgNHmcA
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium_distichum
The photographer
Kiliii Yüyan
NatGeo photographer, Arctic+Indigenous stories, Nanai+Chinese descent
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