FIU Institute of Environment on Instagram: "Florida’s cypress trees are full of fascinating adaptations 🌿 From the splayed leaves of Taxodium distichum to the upright needles of Taxodium ascendens, these iconic wetland trees are easy to tell apart and vital to South Florida’s ecosystems. Their distinctive knees help provide stability and respiration in flooded environments, making them perfectly suited for life in the wetlands. Once dominating the landscape, cypress forests are now slowly recov