Scientists documenting the ages of bald cypress along the Black River in southeastern North Carolina have discovered an ancient tree whose annual growth rings show it to be at least 2,624 years old.

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- In the winding waterways of South Louisiana, the cypress swamp stands as a living monument to time itself. The scene is iconic: still water reflecting tangled ...

A distinctive bald cypress draped with moss on Interstate 26 between Columbia and Charleston has captured the attention of ...

Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come. - Karen Joy Fowler Author Karen Joy Fowler has it right. When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and the Eastern U.S., none have ...

Last month I awoke beside one of the most majestic natural ecosystems in the Southeast, a cypress swamp. The scene was breathtaking – mirror-like water, towering trees and their associated cypress ...

On a Mississippi River bend known as Point Pleasant, the cypress swamp and its ancient trees south of Plaquemine are in the path of at least one of the final routes for a long-awaited river bridge and ...

In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather. Spanning a million acres, these nearly indestructible ...

Southern Sussex County's Great Cypress Swamp used to encompass over 50,000 acres, but was nearly destroyed by centuries of fires, logging, ditching and draining. Today, nonprofit Delaware Wild Lands ...

Before oil and gas, Louisiana's first industrial boom belonged to the logging industry. With the help of backwoods swampers ...

Stumps of dead cypress trees poke out of the water in Bayou Bienvenue, the remnants of what was once a cypress swamp. Saltwater intrusion killed the trees. Now, the bayou’s bank is littered with trash ...

Down along the state line in Frankford exists Delaware’s largest freshwater wetland and contiguous block of forest, and perhaps its last truly wild land: the Great Cypress Swamp. At one time, the ...