I can't choose between these 3 pics of a Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) in the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch.

Just the tree?
The foliage against a green Zantedeschia to contrast the colour?
Add some ducks?

BTW: These pics are from May 2019

#Trees #SwampCypress #Taxodium #Autumn #Plants #BotanicGardens #Otautahi #Christchurch #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Orange #DuckPond

#Nyssa_sylvatica is the oldest known wetlands-dwelling angiosperm, however gymnosperms are another beast altogether. #BaldCypress #Taxodium_distichum from North Carolina have recently been found to live to at least 2,624 years old, making it the fifth-oldest (non-clonal) #tree . Both #Nyssa and #Taxodium occur in nutrient-poor wetlands, likely due to the “longevity under adversity” concept.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ab0c4a/pdf