Instant Inspiration: Photos from The Life & Love of Trees
Extraordinary images from some of the world's leading nature photographers.
Southeastern United States
Species: Taxodium distichum
Photographer: Cece Fabbro
The bald cypress, or swamp cypress, is a species that
is distinctive for growing beside and even within the
shallow waters at the edge of lakes and in other
flooded areas. To do this it has developed particular
features to cope with the apparent suffocation of its
roots underwater. Around permanently swamped trees
it is possible to see "knees", small stumps from the
roots, sticking up above the water. These help stabilize
the tree and may also help it breathe. The appellation
"bald" is given because it sheds its leaves.
From The Life & Love of Trees by Lewis Blackwell. Image © Cece Fabbro
From the
November 2009 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
