Florida Cypress, Hillsborough River, Fl is a photograph by Felix Lai which was uploaded on November 18th, 2015.
Florida Cypress, Hillsborough River, Fl
This picture is for those who love Florida cypress, my favorite tree!... more
by Felix Lai
Title
Florida Cypress, Hillsborough River, Fl
Artist
Felix Lai
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Photograph
Description
This picture is for those who love Florida cypress, my favorite tree!
Southern Cypress, Taxodium distichum is a large slow-growing and long-lived tree typically reaching heights of 30–35 m (100–120 ft) and a trunk diameter of 1–2 m (3–6 ft). The bark is gray-brown to red-brown, thin and fibrous with a stringy texture, having a vertically interwoven pattern of shallow ridges and narrow furrows. The leaves are alternate and linear, with flat blades borne on the twig that are spirally arranged on the stem, but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, 1–2 cm long and 1–2 mm broad. Unlike most other species in the family Cupressaceae, it is deciduous, losing its leaves in the winter months, hence the name 'bald'. It is monoecious (separate staminate and carpellate flowers are always found on the same plant), with male and female flowers forming on slender tassel-like structures near the edge of the branchlets. The male and female strobili are produced from buds formed in the late fall, with pollination in early winter, and mature in about 12 months. The seed cones are green maturing gray-brown, globular, and 2-3.5 cm in diameter. They have from 20 to 30 spirally arranged, four-sided scales, each bearing one or two (rarely three) triangular seeds. The number of seeds per cone ranges from 20 to 40. The cones disintegrate when mature to release the large seeds. The seeds are 5–10 mm long, the largest of any species in the cypress family, and are produced every year, but with heavy crops every three to five years. The seedlings have three to 9 (most often six) cotyledons.
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November 18th, 2015
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Comments (11)
Tony Ambrosio
Wow! I would love to get a chance to see this kind of scenery in Fla! Beautifully done Felix!
Chas Hauxby
Great image Felix... you have a super ability to frame a shot... inspirational portfolio, I must go to monument valley!
Colette V Hera Guggenheim
Wonderful,huge L/Features in the groups
Felix Lai replied:
Hi Colette, Thank you again for featuring one of my photos in the FAA's group "Water Reflections Photography". Thanks. Felix
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Felix Lai replied:
Hi John, Thank you again for featuring one of my photos in the FAA's "Image that Excite You" group. Thanks. Felix