Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in wetland, White River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in wetland, White River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas

Lynn M. Stone / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) perched on Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) tree branch. Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees, predominantly White ibis (Eudocimus albus) perching in branches and Snowy egret (Egretta thula) in flight. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. April 2018.

Lynn M. Stone / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) perched in Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) with flowering Cardinal air plant (Tillandsia fasciculata). Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at base of Bald Cypress trees along lakeshore, Lakeland, Florida, USA.

Donald M. Jones / Great Egret (Ardea alba) in swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida

Donald M. Jones / Great Egret (Ardea alba) in swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with lots of epiphytes growing on bark, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, January 2015.

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) and Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii) tree in forest, aerial view, Everglades, Florida, USA, January 2015.

Lynn M. Stone / Woman kayaking past Bald Cypress trees on spring-fed Ichetucknee River. Ichetucknee River State Park, Fort White, Florida, USA. Model released

Doug Wechsler / Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) in pond, at north end of cypress range, Trap Pond State Park, Delaware, USA