The bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) has been quietly standing sentinel to centuries of ecological change in the murky wetlands of the American Southeast. These towering trees are some of the ...

Garden staff are finding more scale insects and aphids than in past years. A major infestation of lecanium scale was recently found on a large planting of bald cypress at the Garden. The population of ...

Bald cypress trees are native to North America, and are typically found within a range spanning from the Southern U.S. to the southern tip of Illinois. This type of tree is known for being as ...