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16 - Budding Cypress
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In the northern United States conifers such as pines and spruces retain their needles through the winter while hardwoods such as oaks and maples lose their leaves in the fall. In the Everglades, the opposite occurs. Cypresses lose their needles while most oaks and other hardwoods retain their leaves throughout the winter. As the rains return each spring the cypresses leaf out with refreshingly bright green needles which contrast with the silvery brown trunks and branches.
Everglades National Park, Florida.
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