Cypress Reflections – the Creation

Nature loves a good mystery. The cypress trees that inhabit the few wetland forests near my home in Southeast Missouri sport “knees” which jut like periscopes up from their roots into the air above the waterline and back down into the root system. The function of these interesting wood features is unknown, though scientists speculate that they emerge from the muck to seek oxygen and to offer surer footing in the unsteady land.