Bald Cypress
name: label: Discipline
content: Botany
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is an ancient bald cypress knee from the coastal plains of South Carolina, USA, that is approximately 45,000 years old. It measures approximately 55 cm x 16.5 cm. This bald cypress knee no longer has its bark and is light brown/tan in color with two large distinct protrusions from its base. This specimen description was written remotely based on images as part of Amber Kreiensieck's internship in Fall 2021.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Dec 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: near Johnsonville, buried about 40 feet underground, North America, United States, South Carolina
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Taxodium distichum
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400540-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Equisetopsida, Pinidae, Cupressales, Cupressaceae