Bald Cypress T-Shirt
Bald Cypress T-Shirt
Size & fit
Comfort Colors 1717. Relaxed fit, true to size; size down for a closer fit.
| Size | Chest width (in) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|
| S | 18 ¼ | 26 ⅝ |
| M | 20 ¼ | 28 |
| L | 22 | 29 ⅜ |
| XL | 24 | 30 ¾ |
| 2XL | 26 | 31 ⅝ |
| 3XL | 27 ¾ | 32 ½ |
| 4XL | 29 ¾ | 33 ½ |
Measured flat: chest across, 1 in below the armholes; length from the high shoulder. Compare with a T-shirt you own and like.
Each shirt is garment-dyed after it is sewn, so the colour can vary slightly from shirt to shirt.
A fruiting branch drawn part by part: the round, wrinkled cones, the feathery two-ranked leaves, a seed at natural size.
The shirt
- Comfort Colors 1717: heavyweight 100% ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and pre-shrunk.
- The full plate on the back; a detail from it on the left chest.
- Wash cold, inside out; tumble dry low. Don't iron over the print.
Shipping & production
Each shirt is printed for you after you order. Most orders are printed and on their way within 2–5 business days; delivery time depends on the shipping method you choose at checkout. Shipping is shown at checkout before you pay.
Returns
If your shirt arrives damaged, misprinted or defective, contact us within 30 days of delivery with a photo and we'll send a replacement or a refund. Because every shirt is printed to order, we can't accept returns or exchanges for size or a change of mind, so please check the size chart above before ordering.
Plate 001
From the book
- Species
- Taxodium distichum
- As named in the book
- Taxodium distichum, Rich.
- Artist
- C. E. Faxon
- Book
- The Silva of North America, vol. X, pl. DXXXVII, 1896
“The glory of the maritime forests of the south … an object at once magnificent and mournful.”
Then and now
Then placed in its own family, Taxodiaceae; botanists now group it with the cypresses and redwoods.
Field notes
One of these trees on North Carolina's Black River is at least 2,624 years old.
Bald cypress is a conifer that behaves like a hardwood. Every autumn it turns rust-orange and drops its needles, standing bare all winter. That's the "bald."
Around it in standing water rise the knees: odd woody cones that have puzzled botanists since Sargent's day. Do they brace the tree in soft mud, or help its roots breathe in waterlogged ground? It's still debated.
What Faxon's drawing can't show is how long these trees live. In 2019, researchers coring trees in the swamps along North Carolina's Black River found a bald cypress at least 2,624 years old, the oldest known living tree in eastern North America. The same rot-proof wood that made cypress valuable got most of it cut: far less than one percent of the original old-growth cypress forest is left.