The Taxodiaceae are a family of trees that include some of the most massive and some of the tallest of all living things. They include some of the most emotive of all trees including the Swamp cypress of the Everglades, Giant redwood and Coast redwood of California's coastal forests.
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He was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, the son of a farmer. He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary[?] at Louvain, ...