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Cypress Knees in Luisenpark
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October 25, 2023
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Swamp cypress, Taxodium distichum, family Cypress family
It grows to around 35 m high, but not very wide. Its wood is highly sought after in the American forestry industry. The older specimens form so-called root knees. The bald cypress sheds its needles in the fall.
See also: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echte_Sumpfzypresse
•July 23, 2023
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Here they have partially developed root protuberances (small root mounds) growing above ground against the force of gravity. In oxygen-poor soils, they help the roots to breathe.
•January 23, 2025
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Elevation 100 m
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