Instant Inspiration: Photos from The Life & Love of Trees
Extraordinary images from some of the world's leading nature photographers.
South Carolina
Species: Taxodium distichum
Photographer: Art Wolfe
The base of this bald cypress grove in South Carolina,
United States, shows the strongly buttressed roots
that connect to a broad root mat that helps the trees
stay upright in the soft ground. The seeds of the tree
are dispersed by animals, but they have also adapted
to cope with floating across water to new sites.
From The Life & Love of Trees by Lewis Blackwell. Image © Art Wolfe
From the
November 2009 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
