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Prunus umbellata or Prunus angustifolia? Prunus umbellata is suggested because no red glands were found on serrate margin tips, observed with hand lens. However, leaves in pictures do appear to have reddish tips. Leaves appear broader than I would expect for P. angustifolia but this is not based on any definitive criteria. Weakley says P. angustifolia leaves are "folded longitudinally" which may be true, but that criteria only differentiates P. angustifolia from P. munsoniana.

Checked in on these again after a week. They're darker now and much softer than expected — I pressed on one, expecting a much tougher gall-like structure, but it squished like an insect.

On bald cypress.
First observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151896145

This observation is part of an effort to track the flora and fauna of Smith Branch in the new City park in the BullStreet District of Columbia, SC. Of the nearly 3,000 linear feet of stream located at the park, 2,000 had been piped underground since the 1950’s. Robinson Design Engineer's stream daylighting design restored the stream to the open air and revitalized the floodplain, now a key attraction of the public park. The remaining ~1,000 linear feet of stream were incised and degraded. After obtaining a Nationwide Permit 27 for Aquatic Habitat Restoration, Enhancement, and Establishment Activities, RDE restored this stretch of the creek to maximize habitat potential for the plant and animal life dependent on it.