Interesting seeds from an interesting bald cypress

[BillsBayou]

I posted this tree a while back. I collected seeds from the tree in December. I also collected seeds from a more typical looking bald cypress and a pond cypress. When I place the seeds next to each other, you can see a very noticeable difference between them. From right to left in the photo, the seeds are bald cypress, stunted bald cypress, and pond cypress. The seeds are typical of the sizes of each.

I should also say that the three trees in the photo are all bald cypress. It is only in the seed photo where I'm referencing different trees.

 

[The Barber]

How tall is that center tree?

 

[BillsBayou]

How tall is that center tree?

My geometry teacher said this day would come. I didn't believe him.

But at a guess, I would say 15-feet.

 

[Mikecheck123]

Wow that is a crazy looking tree! Sounds like his mother had some secrets?

 

[BillsBayou]

Wow that is a crazy looking tree! Sounds like his mother had some secrets?

The day this tree was born, Daddy Cypress walked out on Mommy Cypress, stopping only long enough to chop down his neighbor, Mr Shrubbery.