Word: cypresses
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...midafternoon, as we skirted the broad waters of Lake Pontchartrain, we saw Spanish moss everywhere, dangling from cypress branches like the long, pointed beards scholars wear in old Chinese paintings. Herons and egrets waded, and turtles sunbathed amid fan palmettos and water hyacinths that sprouted from the water. It was a breathtaking contrast to the icy shores of Lake Michigan we had left behind 20 hours and nearly 1,000 miles...