Floris van Breugel / First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November

Floris van Breugel / First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November

Ingo Arndt / Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees in grassland, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Mangrove (Avicennia sp) and Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees surrounding water channel, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees in grassland, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes and ferns, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes and ferns, Everglades National Park, Florida

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

Pete Oxford / Bald cypress trees (Taxodium distichum) The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis) beside a pool with submerged Yellow pond lily (Nuphar polysepala) and Cypress (Taxodium sp) in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) grove in freshwater swamp at dawn, Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) swamp, Sam Houston Jones State Park, Louisiana

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) at upper Blue Basin, this is a major migratory bird stopover for the Mississippi Flyway, Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee

Juan Manuel Borrero / Ferns in front of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Natural Monument of Caldeira Velha, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Ferns in front of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Natural Monument of Caldeira Velha, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Hiker on track through Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) seedling. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forests near Fogo Lake with view down to Atlantic Ocean. Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forests near Fogo Lake with view down to Atlantic Ocean. Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest in Devasa mountain range. Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Lombadas Valley Nature Reserve, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Lombadas Valley Nature Reserve, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Footpath through Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Lombadas Valley Nature Reserve, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

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

Jack Dykinga / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) with foggy dawn light. creating rays in the forest canopy. Del Norte Redwood National Park, California, USA. June.

Jack Dykinga / Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree trunk with flowering Rhododenron in early morning fog with rays of sunlight in the forest canopy. Del Norte Redwood National Park, California.

Jack Dykinga / Giant redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) with flowering rhododenron in early morning fog. Del Norte Redwood National Park, California.

Jack Dykinga / Giant redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) in fearly morning fog, Del Norte Redwood National Park, California, USA, June.

Jack Dykinga / Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) in the lush temperate rain forest, Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park, California, USA. June.

Jack Dykinga / Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) with flowering rhododenron Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA, June.

Jack Dykinga / Giant redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) Prairie Creek Redwoods State & National Park, California, USA, May.

Jack Dykinga / Ancient old growth Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park California, USA, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) trees, Natural Monument Sequoia Mount Cabezon, Cabezon de La Sal, Cantabria, Spain. May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree trunks, Natural Monument Sequoia Mount Cabezon, Cabezon de La Sal, Cantabria, Spain. May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree trunks, Natural Monument Sequoia Mount Cabezon, Cabezon de La Sal, Cantabria, Spain. May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree trunks, Natural Monument Sequoia Mount Cabezon, Cabezon de La Sal, Cantabria, Spain. May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) bark, Natural Monument Sequoia Mount Cabezon, Cabezon de La Sal, Cantabria, Spain. May.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees, Pine Tree Creek, Goodale State Park, South Carolina

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) in lake, Henderson Lake, Louisiana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) in swamp, Caddo Lake State Park, Texas

Jack Dykinga / Deciduous forest with Sabinos (Taxodium mucrunatum) with tangled roots, bank of the Rio Cuchujaqui Sierra Alamos, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Deciduous forest with Sabinos (Taxodium mucrunatum) with tangled roots, bank of the Rio Cuchujaqui Sierra Alamos, Mexico.

Nature Production / Japanese sugi pine (Cryptomeria japonica) Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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.

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in river, Frio River, Garner State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in river, Frio River, Garner State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in river, Frio River, Old Baldy Mountain, Garner State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees along river, Frio River, Old Baldy Mountain, Garner State Park, Texas

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

Doug Wechsler / Bald Cypress in autumn (Taxodium distichum) at north end of cypress range, DE, Trap Pond State Park

Cyril Ruoso / Maple (Acer sp) tree in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation, Kansai Region, Japan, November 2008.

Cyril Ruoso / Maple (Acer sp) tree in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation, Kansai Region, Japan, November 2008.

Jeff Foott / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) tree covered with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) on the edge of pond, Osceola National Forest, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Mangrove (Avicennia sp) and Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees surrounding water channel, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Mangrove (Avicennia sp) and Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees surrounding water channel, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes and ferns, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes and White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) and Pine (Pinus sp) trees in grassland, Everglades National Park, Florida

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

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

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

Scott Leslie / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) grove with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

Scott Leslie / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) grove with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

Scott Leslie / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp, Florida

Scott Leslie / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp, Florida

Tim Fitzharris / Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees on lakeshore, Lake Pontchartrain, Fontainbleu State Park, Louisiana

Tim Fitzharris / Dwarf Cypress (Taxodium sp) trees covered with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) on lakeshore, Lake Pontchartrain, Fontainbleu State Park, Louisiana

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

Chris Mattison / Coastal Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA, June..

Chris Mattison / Coastal Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA, June..

Chris Mattison / Coastal Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA, June..

Chris Mattison / Coastal Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA, June..

Kirkendall-Spring / The Boardwalk Trail through swamp with bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) knees in Congaree National Park South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Two people canoeing in the distance, Congaree National Park near Wise Lake, South Carolina, USA. Model Released.

Kirkendall-Spring / Hiker on the Boardwalk Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA. Model Released.

Kirkendall-Spring / The Boardwalk Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Flooded area with bald cypress trees (Taxodium distichum) and cypress knees growing out of the water along the Boardwalk Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Butterweed (Senecio glabellus) plant along the River Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Two people canoeing in the distance in Congaree National Park near Wise Lake, South Carolina, USA. Model Released.

Kirkendall-Spring / A small gut or creek along the River Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Two people canoeing in the distance, Congaree National Park near Wise Lake, South Carolina, USA. Model Released.

Kirkendall-Spring / The edge of Weston Lake with bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees and knees in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / A small gut or creek along the River Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Flooded area with bald cypress trees (Taxodium distichum) and cypress knees growing out of the water along the Boardwalk Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / The edge of Weston Lake showing bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees and knees in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.

Kirkendall-Spring / Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) knee growing out of the water in a flooded area along the Boardwalk Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA.