How to Use bald cypress in a Sentence

bald cypress

noun
  • Large live oaks and bald cypress seem to be good survivors.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • My bald cypress tree is sending up huge roots above the ground.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • On the summit of the mound stood a grove of enormous bald cypress trees.
    — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The tree species include bald cypress, tulip and sycamore, all native trees.
    — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2017
  • During the last ice age, bald cypresses grew in what was then a swamp a hundred miles from the ocean.
    — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Two of the finest conifers — the dawn redwood and the bald cypress — lose their needles in winter.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The sanctuary is home to the world’s largest remaining old-growth bald cypress forest.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Some trees, like tamarack and bald cypress, are deciduous conifers that bear cones but lose their leaves in winter.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Towering over us at 126 feet was the state champion bald cypress tree.
    — Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
  • Farther back, there are bald cypress trees, root systems knuckling their way out of the mud, and rowboats passing through the bayou.
    — Zachary Fine, The New York Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2020
  • My durable tree list includes live oaks, sweet gums, crape myrtles, magnolias, sycamores, ligustrums, winged elms, bald cypress and most palms.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The bald cypress is native to much of the Gulf Coast and across riverine swamps of the Deep South.
    — Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Options like live oak, swamp white oak, and bald cypress resist pests and adapt to various soil and weather conditions.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Dimensional lace extended beyond the hem of the sweeping train in the shape of bald cypress needles.
    — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Regular bald cypress does have knees — woody projections that grow vertically from the roots.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • At its base, partially covered by moss and bald cypress roots, the tint that enchanted the colonial world is still visible.
    — Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
  • This narrow, natural waterway cuts through a dense forest of towering pond and bald cypress.
    — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 2 July 2018
  • That distinction goes to the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Home to some of the state's most beautiful parks, this Hill Country region is known for its limestone bluffs, deep canyons, and bald cypress.
    — Karla Pope, Country Living, 5 Feb. 2023
  • In North Carolina, pine, red maple, sweetgum and bald cypress forests are being replaced by saltmarsh.
    — Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2021
  • Surrounding the sculpture are rings of bald cypress and Princeton elm trees, echoing the circular nature of the plaza.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 1 July 2022
  • Many mature trees, including live oaks, Japanese maples, crepe myrtles and bald cypress can be found at the property.
    — Dallas News, 26 June 2021
  • In Central Texas, look for changing colors on bald cypress trees — which typically grow along our rivers and lakes — red oaks, pecan trees and cedar elms.
    — Bob Gee, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The bald cypress was named the official Louisiana state tree in 1963.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 June 2021
  • Wilson indicated wispy bald cypress trees, the drooping white blossoms of tea plants and a giant swath of ornamental grasses, which will turn red in the fall.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
  • These trees are bald cypress and they are scheduled to be placed into planting pits on the corner of Main Street and Greenville Avenue this week.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Almost any large, mature tree can develop surface roots, but species like sycamore, poplar, willow, silver maple, and, of course, bald cypress, famous for its knees, are most likely to show their roots.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • Almost any large, mature tree can develop surface roots, but species like sycamore, poplar, willow, silver maple, and, of course, bald cypress, famous for its knees, are most likely to show their roots.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The art piece is one of 14 benches along The Woodlands Waterway and features a great blue heron with a fish in its mouth sitting atop a bald cypress trunk.
    — Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018
  • Despite the tree’s association with ponds, bald cypress tolerates a range of growing conditions, from somewhat dry soils to standing water.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025

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