http://xenogere.com/2006/11/28/lilliputian-giants/ I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://xenogere.com/2006/11/28/lilliputian-giants/comment-page-1/#comment-6179 jason Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:52:22 +0000 http://www.xenogere.com/2006/11/28/lilliputian-giants/#comment-6179 Our family farm is near Big Cypress Bayou in East Texas and is the first place I really paid attention to cypress knees. Most of those are in the water as you pointed out, but I've also seen a handful in that area that are like these—just at the water's edge but not submerged. In fact, these photos show two trees that are <i>never</i> submerged. They certainly make for an interesting landscape. Our family farm is near Big Cypress Bayou in East Texas and is the first place I really paid attention to cypress knees. Most of those are in the water as you pointed out, but I’ve also seen a handful in that area that are like these—just at the water’s edge but not submerged. In fact, these photos show two trees that are never submerged. They certainly make for an interesting landscape.

]]> http://xenogere.com/2006/11/28/lilliputian-giants/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 NatureWoman Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:15:55 +0000 http://www.xenogere.com/2006/11/28/lilliputian-giants/#comment-6156 Cool! I've only seen knees when the tree is in a swamp, not on dry ground like this. Awesome post! Especially the beginning - I was wondering what the heck those things were! Cool! I’ve only seen knees when the tree is in a swamp, not on dry ground like this. Awesome post! Especially the beginning – I was wondering what the heck those things were!

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