I want to grow a few bald cypress’ for my yard next spring,
so we went cone hunting Saturday.
The bald cypress is so named because it is one of the few cypress’
that loose their leaves in the fall

My source tree. Lovely orange fall color- though most of the leaves are gone.

This tree is loaded – no climbing though, tons of cones were already on the ground.

Cones are small and sticky, smelling strongly of turpentine. Seeds are the amber colored chunks inside the broken cone.

I think I got enough – maybe…

I’ll plant them now, letting winter do the stratifying for me and have little saplings by spring!