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Bald Cypress with Knees in Schwerin Palace Park

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    1. Schwerin Palace Garden – Schwerin Castle loop from Schwerin Mitte

    12.1km

    03:06

    60m

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    October 24, 2020

    Bald cypress, Taxodium distichum, stands close to the water and has therefore developed strong aerial roots, known as knees.

    Source: garten-tour.de/gaerten-und-parks-l-z/schwerin/index.html

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      January 21, 2022

      There are a few bald cypresses in the park. But only those whose feet flood from time to time form these roots above the earth. This is how adventitious roots form.

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        March 20, 2022

        Really fascinating trees...
        Breathing knees, knee roots, or aerial knees are formed by some swamp and mangrove trees. They break through the soil surface as root loops or negatively gravitropic (growing in the opposite direction of gravity) outgrowths of the horizontally oriented, near-surface subterranean root system. Respiratory knees serve as pneumatophores; their aerenchyma (aeration tissue) ensures the gas exchange of the subterranean root system in the oxygen-poor sediment.
        (Wikipedia)

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