You don't have to venture to Louisiana to see incredible bayous. Hidden in the Midwest, this area is home to walking trails ...

Christopher David Benda stands along side the state champion bald cypress, No. 2 on the Illinois Big Tree Register, in the Cache River. I found the cypress on a paddle through the Cache River ...

Other, more common trees that drop their needles are the bald cypress and its close relative ... a horticulture educator for the University of Illinois Extension. For more gardening information ...

There are many tree species that do well throughout Illinois’ zones ... white oak, bald cypress, ginkgo, sweetgum, magnolia, American hophornbeam, or hornbeam since establishment is often ...

He was right. At 122 feet tall and nearly 29 feet in circumference, the cottonwood has been designated the biggest tree in Illinois — snatching the distinction away from a cypress in the Cache ...

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 ...

From Mississippi to Illinois, people have noticed trees or ... Back at Reelfoot Lake, Hayes says his prematurely brown cypress trees are evidence that this isn't true. He thinks state politicians ...

Cypress tree bases are also swollen ... over to eastern Texas and up the Mississippi River valley as far as southern Illinois. It really likes its feet wet, and is at home in deep river swamps ...

But when the subject shifts to deciduous trees, many species are stunning as they approach dormancy and again when they reawaken in late winter and early spring. Bald cypress trees, ranging ...

For the next group of wonderful trees to consider, let’s discuss some oak, cypress and maple trees. Chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) is a graceful, large-growing, dramatically open tree ...