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SPECIMEN TREES ON THE EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: A WALKING TOUR

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54. Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) is the picturesque tree of the southern swamps, where it forms distinctive "knees". Although commonly regarded as a tree of the south, it is native to the Mississippi and Ohio River of southern Illinois.
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Detail images courtesy UConn Plant database
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