BOTANY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bald Cypress is a very interesting and unique tree. The bald cypress is so named due to its uncommon “baldness” (or bare looking branches) as a gymnosperm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gymnosperms are seed-bearing vascular plants, such as cycads, ginkgo, yews and conifers, in which the ovules or seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. The word “gymnosperm” comes from the Greek word gymnospermos, meaning “naked seeds".

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of gymnosperms include the Redwood, Fir, and Cypress trees. Gymnos means “naked” in Greek; the seeds of gymnosperms are naked, not protected by flowers. Flowering plants, or angiosperms, evolved to have vascular tissue, seeds, and flowers.