Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt~Growth
Just the two of us
Love the fact that although the growth of the Cypress Knees is very slow, we enjoy seeing them at the base of my Mom's Cypress trees up at her lake house, here in Florida.
The Growth of the Very Old Cypress
Geologists believe cypress trees have been present in southwest Florida for just over 5,000 years and for around 6,500 years in the far northern region of the state. Some of the old-growth giants still present in the Corkscrew Swamp are over 500 years old and represent only the seventh or eighth generation of cypress located in this region (Ripple 1992).
I had always thought the knees were like anchors, keeping the tree steady in a wet, unstable environment. That may be true, but I learned at Francis Beidler Forest that no one really knows the function of cypress knees. They may be anchors, or they may be snorkels -- providing gas exchange to oxygenate the underwater roots. Although the growth is very slow. Also possible is some role in the storage of starches -- sort of a root bank. Whatever they do, they do it with style.
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So it's just the two of us sharing some pictures
mostly wise men with lots of character in their faces!
Monday, I will be posting about our Son, Kevin
We wish you all
Happy Veteran's Day!
posted by Pamela @ 8:09 AM
55 Comments:
Cypress trees, hmm I don't think I've ever seen one. Or, if I have I didn't know it was a cypress tree hehe.
Happy Saturday
Mandy x
How interesting! I never knew that before. Great choice for this week.
Thanks for the lesson. I learn't something new. I like that.
I dedicated my blog to our veterans today. I look forward to reading your post about your son.
Cheers to you!
Very interesting! I've learned something new today. Thanks!
And thanks for dropping by my blog. :)
Hi Pamela ~ Thanks for your comments'
Glad you like the Aussie story. We are a pretty friendly lot over here.
I will read about your son on Monday, you must be so proud of him. Take care
Love, Merle.
Learning new things through blogging. Love it!
happy saturday, great pic :)
Wonderful share! Years ago we use to take the really big hollow ones and turn them into plant hangers and sell at flea markets! Great take on the theme! My photo is up. Happy Saturday!
Wow, totally impressive and great take on the theme. Love the carvings too.
Great photo for the theme. And thanks for the lesson about cypress trees. Something I did not know.
Happy Saturday!
Neat post and picture -- I love the faces people carved into the trees.
Such different landscape. Very cool.
That is sooo cool! And the carvings are so beautiful, aren't they?
Thanks so much for the story...I'm learning so much being in the SPSH...very fun!
I've seen cypress knees many times in my travels to Florida and I think they look cool. Very interesting comment today.
Mine is up now too.
All the best,
Carol
Those carvings are really cool!
Hope you have a great Saturday :))
That was very interesting. Thank you for sharing and for stopping by.
Thank your son for his service. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, and it is a special day for us as my husband is an officer in the Canadian Forces, and has served many tours of duty overseas. I've written a post on Remembrance Day here: http://caylynn.blogspot.com/2006/11/lest-we-forget.html
Very interesting photo for the Photo Hunt! Thanks for the information. :) My Photo Hunt is up as well.
Thanks for educating me on cypress trees. Very nice Photo Scavenger Hunt.
My PSH is up
Definitely a good choice for growth. Just imagine, those will be still be here when we're long gone.
Thanks for stopping by and have an excellent weekend!
Great choice for this week's theme!
Very informative! and extremely interesting to look at!
Jenny
Very cool pic!
Thanks for stopping my mine :)
Very interesting picture and history lesson.
Wow...first I thought they were squirrels in a group! :)
My photo hunt is up too, here it is!
I always heard of the beautiful cypress trees in Florida. Thanks sharing all this info!
And can't wait to read the tribute to your son!
(Not sure if I ever stopped by here before or not...but I always see you replying to all the same places!) ;)
Wow! What a great idea for this week's theme! As a homeschooling mom, I love it when I stumble across a nature lesson. Now I am terribly curious about cypress knees. I will be off on an Internet field trip to learn more now! Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog!
cool trees. I am going to have to look for those trees next week when we go to Fla. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.
Somehow I pictures cypress knee's differently...this is the first time I've saw one...
:-D
I guess you do learn something new everyday!
I guess you do learn something new everyday!
OMG!! I never realized this stuff existed! Amazing. And the art work from them is astounding!! My hubby would love this stuff, he loves to work with wood!!!
Yes, happy veterans day indeed!! (I hope I remember to drop by and read about your son....if I don't, can you remind me? I'm aged and forget easily....hehehehehe)
Thanks for the visit to my SPHunt today...happy weekend to you.
Thanks for stopping by.
I don't think I've ever seen these either. Even with 15 years in Mississippi, but perhaps they don't grow there. Love the wise old men people carve with these oddities.
Wow - when I enlarged the picture - those 'knees' are really cool looking. Thank you for sharing.
Cool. I've seen cypress trees but not the knees before.
Lovely idea on growth! Slow growth!
Nice shot and informative background, who knew?
(BTW about the preview of your next post, please tell your son thank you from me, for serving in our nation's military. Both my dad and brother were/are in the Navy. I don't think we have enough opportunities to give our thanks to the men and women in uniform.)
It was fun to see and read about the cypress trees. On a visit to Florida a few years ago my sister-in-law explained all of that to me. However, with my razor-sharp memory I had forgotten :) Thanks. You are so clever.
PS - Am I supposed to be switching to beta. Seems like so many are.
Never heard of these trees before, good that now I know. Happy weekend!
I've seen these and I thought they were what was left from dead trees. I learned something new today while having fun. Thanks for stopping by earlier.
Great take on today's topic!! Glad you liked mine...and Oh they are two little boys and 1 little girl..Danielle. I should have mentioned their names..Benjamin, Casey and Danielle...Emily passed away!! They are precious. Again come back any time. Sandy
Very neat. I've never heard of Cypress knees before. I also have to say that I love the raining photo you have on the right.
Wow, I never knew about these before. (Thanks for visiting mine.)
I'm not familiar with Cypress trees at all because we just don't have them over here! lol How interesting, though, to learn more about them and the carvings that are done with the knees are just brillian!! xox
Cool picture and I love the carving ... really has a lot of emotion ...
Thanks for stopping by ... really appreciate it!
love your growth pic :) thanks for visiting our site & commenting on our SPSH pics :-)
Love your choice for todays Photo Hunt!
What a great photo!
Can't wait to read about your son, Kevin - I'm sure it's going to be so touching!
very interesting indeed...
And from seeing from all of the comments, it must be!
Great post! thanks for the visit.
Now that is something new to me. That is wonderful and I even learned something. Love the story to go with the picture. So perfect for this week.
The nature is full of wonderful, amazing and even weird things!
Thanks for the visit :)
very beautiful and a great choice this week.
Mine's up too
Happy weekend!
What an awesome picture!
Good grief! I'm comment #53!
What an amazing photo and the story that goes with it is amazing, too. I never knew all this about this tree. You could have just posted the photo but it's nice you told us what it means, too. Very nice post.
I'm looking forward to reading your post about your son.
I'm looking forward to reading your post about your son.
neat pic and love the story that goes with it.
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