Cypress Tree Half of Louisiana is timbered with an abundance of varied and beautiful trees, but no action was taken to select a state tree until 1963 when the bald cypress was made the official tree of Louisiana. The cypress grows in many areas of the state, particularly swamps, bayous and marshes. This is a cypress tree with its exposed roots, called knees, at sunset which appears black against the sky ranging from red to orange to yellow as the sky moves away from the horizon.

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