Common name: Dwarf baldcypress, dwarf swamp cypress Latin name:Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret' Plant size: 6-10′ high by 3′ wide in 10 years USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-11 (marginally in Zone 4) ...

At the time of the invasion, the land around Panyou was mostly swamp, forested with cypress trees. People had lived there for thousands of years, and had been growing rice for about 2,000 years.

Rainbow swamps occur throughout southern US states, overlapping with the range of bald cypress trees. Tallahassee, Florida, for example, is home to a flooded forest that lights up like a disco ...