What is Cypress?
[[File:Lone Cypress Sunset.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A '''cypress''' tree under the [[sunset]]]] [[File:Taxodium ascendens in the Black Water, Okefenokee.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cypress in the [[Okefenokee Swamp|Okefenokee]] swamp]] '''Cypress''' is a name used for many [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s in the [[conifer]] [[Family (biology)|family]] Cupressaceae (cypress family). The name comes from the [[genus]] ''[[Cupressus sempervirens|Cupressus]]'' which survives today as a [[conifer]] tree. About 30 cypress species survive. Many cypress trees have needle-like, [[evergreen]] foliage and acorn-like seed cones. Their earlier relatives were very common in the forests of the [[Jurassic period]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Cupressaceae| ]]