I noticed a large, glaring example of awfully dead-looking pines(?) yesterday on O'Dell, going westward from Canal Street,
around a retention pond on the left/south of O'Dell. They looked dead and scraggly, and my thoughts were that this is going to be costly to replace in so many areas where there are retention ponds bordered by these trees.
However, as someone mentioned, they could be cypress trees, because
those on O'Dell looked exactly like the first photo here in the UF website, where they say this:
"People in both urban and rural areas can benefit from planting cypress. For example, these trees can enhance the aesthetics and functioning of stormwater drainage systems (See Figure 1). Some landowners may voluntarily plant cypress to provide these services, while others may be required to construct or restore cypress wetlands to mitigate for wetland destruction.
[Click thumbnail to enlarge.]
Figure 1. Cypress trees can enhance the aesthetics and functioning of stormwater retention ponds.
CIR 1458/FR152: Planting Cypress
..